System.Web.UI.HtmlControls Namespace HtmlSelect Class
Sets or retrieves the field in the data source that provides the Text for each option item in the HtmlSelect control.
| Inline |
<select DataTextField = strFieldName ... > |
| Script |
HtmlSelect.DataTextField [ = strFieldName ] |
| strFieldName |
String specifying the field in the data source to bind to the ListItem.Text property of each select option. |
The property is read/write with no default value.
Use the DataTextField property to specify which field from the DataSource to bind to the Text property of each item in the control.
This differs from the DataValueField property, which is used to specify the field that will provide the Value of each select option. DataTextField provides the selectable options that the user interacts with, while DataValueField provides the values that are used when submitting the form data.
The following example demonstrates how to use the DataTextField property to specify which field from the DataSource is used to populate the option elements in the HtmlSelect control.
<select id="mySelect" multiple runat="server" DataTextField="title_id"
datavaluefield="title" />
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HtmlSelect Members DataSource DataValueField DataMember
