System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace   Formview Class

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.NET Framework version 2.0

Returns or sets the horizontal or vertical position of the HTML caption element in a DetailsView control. This property is provided to make the control more accessible to users of assistive technology devices.

Inline	<asp:detailsview captionalign = enumValue ... >
Script	Formview.CaptionAlign [ = enumValue ]

enumValue

One of the TableCaptionAlign values.

The property is read/write with a default value of NotSet.

Use the CaptionAlign property to specify the horizontal or vertical position of the HTML caption element in a DetailsView control. This property is provided to make the control more accessible to users of assistive technology devices.

This property is set using one of the TableCaptionAlign enumeration values. The following table lists the possible values.

Value	Description
TableCaptionAlign.Bottom	The caption element is aligned with the bottom of the table.
TableCaptionAlign.Left	The caption element is aligned with the left side of the table.
TableCaptionAlign.NotSet	The caption element's alignment is not set.
TableCaptionAlign.Right	The caption element is aligned with the right side of the table.
TableCaptionAlign.Top	The caption element is aligned with the top of the table.

NOTE: When this property is set to TableCaptionAlign.NotSet, the default value of the browser is used.

Additional accessibility support for the DetailsView control is provided by the Caption property. Use the Caption property to specify the text to render in an HTML caption element in a DetailsView control.

The following sample illustrates using the CaptionAlign property.

<asp:detailsview id = "EmployeeDetailsView"
   datasourceid = "EmployeeSource"
   allowpaging
   datakeynames = "EmployeeID"
   caption = "Employee Details"
   captionalign = "Left"  
   runat = "server">

Formview Members   Caption

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