Re: Width Problem with Dynamically Created Repeater Row

I'm using the table as an editable grid, and the problem with wide data
arises when I add a 'select' element to my table row.  The select auto-sizes
to the longest entry in its data source, and I want to prevent this.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of building .NET applications targeted for the Web
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Warner
> Sent: 29 April 2007 14:07 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WEB] Width Problem with Dynamically Created
> Repeater Row
>
> Have you considered looking at your data as it is returned from your
> query and provide your own <br /> tags on long lines? You'd have to do
> the lifting yourself instead of databinding but you are then fully in
> control of column widths.
>
> John Warner
>
> > Date:    Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:58:46 +0200
> > From:    Brady Kelly <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Width Problem with Dynamically Created Repeater Row
> >
> > I have an HTML table construct where I dynamically create
> > each row (tr) for a Repeater in the ItemDataBound event.  My
> > problem is that with some data sources, with many columns, my
> > resulting HTML table is too wide.  In my ItemDataBound event
> > I iterate my column definitions and create one HtmlTableCell
> > for each column, and it's here I would like to set the width
> > of that column to something narrow than what it defaults to.
> > However, setting width on the HtmlTableCell has no apparent
> > effect.  How should I go about this?
> >
> >
> >
> >         private void rptUsers_ItemDataBound(object sender,
> > RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
> >
> >         {
> >
> >             HtmlTableRow gridRow = new HtmlTableRow();
> >
> >             TaskType dataRow = e.Item.DataItem as TaskType;
> >
> >
> >
> >             gridRow = taskTypeGrid.BuildHtmlTableRow(dataRow);
> >
> >             ((Repeater)sender).Controls.Add(gridRow);
> >
> >         }
> >
> >
> >
> >         public HtmlTableRow BuildHtmlTableRow(EntityBase dataRow)
> >
> >         {
> >
> >             HtmlTableRow gridRow = new HtmlTableRow();
> >
> >             foreach (GridColumnBase col in columns)
> >
> >             {
> >
> >                 HtmlTableCell gridCell = new HtmlTableCell();
> >
> >                 object dataValue = dataRow[col.BoundField];
> >
> >
> >
> >                 gridCell.Width = "50px";
> >
> >                 gridCell = col.BuildHtmlTableCell(dataValue);
> >
> >                 gridRow.Controls.Add(gridCell);
> >
> >             }
> >
> >             return gridRow;
> >
> >         }
> >
>
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