Nested Literals

Question

I have an ASP.NET website that is not passing the W3C XHTML validation.

It doesn't pass validation because I place <div> content into a <asp:Label>, and so the resulting markup looks like:

<span><div>stackoverflow</div></span> <!-- INVALID; DIV INSIDE SPAN -->

However, after replacing all my <asp:Label> with <asp:Literal>, I get errors that <asp:Literal> cannot be nested inside another <asp:Literal>.

I don't really understand how I'm suppose to be solving this, since <asp:Literal> sounds like it would have otherwise been exactly what I wanted.

Is the correct solution to use <asp:PlaceHolder>?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '13 at 02:59

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Try this solution

<div id="div" runat="server">
</div>

in code behind

div.InnerHtml = "<div>Example HTML</div>";

answered Jan 04 '13 at 02:59

phnkha

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Is there anyway to pretty up the final output? The id becomes really ugly in the source; `id="ctl00_ContentBody_FormLabel"`. – Mr. Smith Jan 04 '13 at 03:08
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div.ClientIDMode = System.Web.UI.ClientIDMode.Static; – phnkha Jan 04 '13 at 03:09
That looks great, but any .NET 2.0 solutions? Unfortunately I have to target .NET Framework 2.0. – Mr. Smith Jan 04 '13 at 03:12

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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Duplicate, answered in: Using Panel or PlaceHolder

Short answer, an <asp:Panel> becomes a <div>, so you want something like

<asp:Panel>
  <asp:Label .../>
</asp:Panel>

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Jan 04 '13 at 03:00

debracey

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I don't exactly want a `
` either; I want nothing. `TEXT HERE` is stored as an `` which has me scared it may not always work.
– Mr. Smith Jan 04 '13 at 03:04
How is it that you don't want a `div`, yet you accept an answer that does exactly the same thing as I showed...? – debracey Jan 04 '13 at 03:14
Firstly, it wouldn't be `
` it would be `
`. Secondly, I like the lack of `` usage. Thirdly, it's not `` it would have been ``. – Mr. Smith Jan 04 '13 at 03:32
The point was to use the panel instead of a div, and then place your label inside there. namkha87's answer does produce `
`. Finally, if you're using asp.net the whole point is to use asp controls.... – debracey Jan 04 '13 at 06:09
namkha87's code, taken at face value, does indeed produce `
`. I don't think he meant for his `InnerHtml` property to be wrapped with `
` though; his solution outputs `
` with trivial changes to his example code.
– Mr. Smith Jan 04 '13 at 07:43

Nested Literals

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