Setting Style of Disabled Item on Web Form

I have a LinkButton in an ASP.NET web form. Depending on the current
state of affairs, I either enable or disable the link button in by
code-behind class (e.g., disable the "Previous" button if you are
already at the first record). I have constructed a very nice style
for the button in my stylesheet, but the style is ignored when I
disable the button.

So, how do I control the display attributes of a disabled HTML widget?

Thanks...

John H.is this an ASP:xxx control or a HTML control?
Aspx = ... enabled=true/false....
Html = ...disabled=true/false...

Show how you are doing it now

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Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
www.Darkfalz.com

"Kubuli John" <john@.haasbeek.com> wrote in message
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> I have a LinkButton in an ASP.NET web form. Depending on the current
> state of affairs, I either enable or disable the link button in by
> code-behind class (e.g., disable the "Previous" button if you are
> already at the first record). I have constructed a very nice style
> for the button in my stylesheet, but the style is ignored when I
> disable the button.
> So, how do I control the display attributes of a disabled HTML widget?
> Thanks...
> John H.
It's an asp:linkbutton. In the HTML it looks like this:

<asp:linkbutton id="btnHome" runat="server" causesvalidation="False"
cssclass="toolbar">Home</asp:linkbutton
The "toolbar" style is defined in a linked CSS:

..toolbar
{
font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
color: Blue;
background-color: Silver;
border-color: Gray;
border-style: ridge;
border-width: 2px;
width: 54px;
height: 19px;
}

In the codebehind page, I set it to disabled on a PostBack thusly:

btnHome.Enabled = false;

When I get the page back, all the stylesheet formatting is gone,
including the size, colors, and borders.

The .toolbar[disabled] syntax doesn't work.

Interesting observation - if I inline AT LEAST ONE of the style
elements, it uses it PLUS the stylesheet elements even for the
disabled state:

<asp:linkbutton id="btnHome" runat="server" causesvalidation="False"
cssclass="toolbar" borderwidth="2px">Home</asp:linkbutton
This then keeps the border AND all of the stuff in the stylesheet -
only the actual text is grayed out. It's an OK workaround, but I
really like my styles to be all defined through the stylesheets.

John H.

"Curt_C [MVP]" <software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote in message news:<eiwvEK53DHA.3944@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> is this an ASP:xxx control or a HTML control?
> Aspx = ... enabled=true/false....
> Html = ...disabled=true/false...
> Show how you are doing it now
> --
> Curt Christianson
> Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
> www.Darkfalz.com
>
> "Kubuli John" <john@.haasbeek.com> wrote in message
> news:6e87733c.0401201213.6c486261@.posting.google.c om...
> > I have a LinkButton in an ASP.NET web form. Depending on the current
> > state of affairs, I either enable or disable the link button in by
> > code-behind class (e.g., disable the "Previous" button if you are
> > already at the first record). I have constructed a very nice style
> > for the button in my stylesheet, but the style is ignored when I
> > disable the button.
> > So, how do I control the display attributes of a disabled HTML widget?
> > Thanks...
> > John H.