ASP + CSS + Me = Headache

xerouk · 19 Apr 2011 at 13:49

I am trying to apply css formatting to a gridview.

I have assigned the Gridview a cssclass using:

CssClass="Gridview1"

and then in the external style sheet i have:

Gridview1

{

border 1px solid blue

}

Also the asp page has the tag

<link href="StyleSheet1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

all other css effects i add work fine just none related to the gridview.

What am i missing?

Thanks in advance for any replies

kayomani · 19 Apr 2011 at 13:54

Classes start with a dot so

.Gridview1
{
border: 1px solid blue;
}

I'd recommend using firebug to debug css issues.

corkhead · 19 Apr 2011 at 13:55

need .GridView1 (the dot) since its a css class name that the asp control generates

beaten

what he said ^^

xerouk · 19 Apr 2011 at 15:15

Inserted the dot and still nothing, tried the same with a label control and that works fine so thanks for the . tip it must be something to do with gridview controls in asp

lokkers · 20 Apr 2011 at 08:13

Like kayomani said, get the Firebug extension for Firefox and take a look. There really is no better way to debug CSS issues.

As another tip, give your CSS classes descriptive names. Gridview1 will get confusing!

EDIT: Just looked at your CSS. You're missing a colon and semicolon from it.

try

Code:

.Gridview1
{
    border: 1px solid blue;
}

xerouk · 20 Apr 2011 at 14:34

All working now thanks for the assistance.