ASP.NET provides web forms controls that are used to create HTML components. These controls are categories as server and client based. The following table contains the server controls for the web forms.
| Control Name |
Applicable Events |
Description |
| Label |
None |
It is used to display text on the HTML page. |
| TextBox |
TextChanged |
It is used to create a text input in the form. |
| Button |
Click, Command |
It is used to create a button. |
| LinkButton |
Click, Command |
It is used to create a button that looks similar to the hyperlink. |
| ImageButton |
Click |
It is used to create an imagesButton. Here, an image works as a Button. |
| Hyperlink |
None |
It is used to create a hyperlink control that responds to a click event. |
| DropDownList |
SelectedIndexChanged |
It is used to create a dropdown list control. |
| ListBox |
SelectedIndexCnhaged |
It is used to create a ListBox control like the HTML control. |
| DataGrid |
CancelCommand, EditCommand, DeleteCommand, ItemCommand, SelectedIndexChanged, PageIndexChanged, SortCommand, UpdateCommand, ItemCreated, ItemDataBound |
It used to create a frid that is used to show data. We can also perform paging, sorting, and formatting very easily with this control. |
| DataList |
CancelCommand, EditCommand, DeleteCommand, ItemCommand, SelectedIndexChanged, UpdateCommand, ItemCreated, ItemDataBound |
It is used to create datalist that is non-tabular and used to show data. |
| CheckBox |
CheckChanged |
It is used to create checkbox. |
| CheckBoxList |
SelectedIndexChanged |
It is used to create a group of check boxes that all work together. |
| RadioButton |
CheckChanged |
It is used to create radio button. |
| RadioButtonList |
SelectedIndexChanged |
It is used to create a group of radio button controls that all work together. |
| Image |
None |
It is used to show image within the page. |
| Panel |
None |
It is used to create a panel that works as a container. |
| PlaceHolder |
None |
It is used to set placeholder for the control. |
| Calendar |
SelectionChanged, VisibleMonthChanged, DayRender |
It is used to create a calendar. We can set the default date, move forward and backward etc. |
| AdRotator |
AdCreated |
It allows us to specify a list of ads to display. Each time the user re-displays the page. |
| Table |
None |
It is used to create table. |
| XML |
None |
It is used to display XML documents within the HTML. |
| Literal |
None |
It is like a label in that it displays a literal, but allows us to create new literals at runtime and place them into this control. |
We will explain each control with example in our next chapter.