AppearanceEditorPart Web Server Control Declarative Syntax
Provides an editor control that enables users to edit several user interface (UI) properties on an associated WebPart control.
<asp:AppearanceEditorPart
AccessKey="string"
BackColor="color name|#dddddd"
BackImageUrl="uri"
BorderColor="color name|#dddddd"
BorderStyle="NotSet|None|Dotted|Dashed|Solid|Double|Groove|Ridge|
Inset|Outset"
BorderWidth="size"
ChromeState="Normal|Minimized"
ChromeType="Default|TitleAndBorder|None|TitleOnly|BorderOnly"
CssClass="string"
DefaultButton="string"
Description="string"
Direction="NotSet|LeftToRight|RightToLeft"
Enabled="True|False"
EnableTheming="True|False"
EnableViewState="True|False"
Font-Bold="True|False"
Font-Italic="True|False"
Font-Names="string"
Font-Overline="True|False"
Font-Size="string|Smaller|Larger|XX-Small|X-Small|Small|Medium|
Large|X-Large|XX-Large"
Font-Strikeout="True|False"
Font-Underline="True|False"
ForeColor="color name|#dddddd"
GroupingText="string"
Height="size"
HorizontalAlign="NotSet|Left|Center|Right|Justify"
ID="string"
OnDataBinding="DataBinding event handler"
OnDisposed="Disposed event handler"
OnInit="Init event handler"
OnLoad="Load event handler"
OnPreRender="PreRender event handler"
OnUnload="Unload event handler"
runat="server"
ScrollBars="None|Horizontal|Vertical|Both|Auto"
SkinID="string"
Style="string"
TabIndex="integer"
Title="string"
ToolTip="string"
Visible="True|False"
Width="size"
Wrap="True|False"
/>
Remarks
The AppearanceEditorPart class is an editor control that derives from the EditorPart class and is used to edit properties that affect the appearance of an associated WebPart or other server control.
For more information on the AppearanceEditorPart and Web Parts controls, see ASP.NET Web Parts Pages.
Example
The following code example demonstrates how to use the AppearanceEditorPart control declaratively in a Web Parts scenario using the Calendar control. The Web page allows a user to enter edit mode to edit certain aspects of the Calendar control. The Toggle Scope button switches the page to user or shared personalization scope. The Edit Mode and Browse Mode buttons each switch the page into the appropriate display mode. Notice that in the <script> tag section of the file, two of the methods that handle events use the Personalization property to access useful members of the underlying object. Specifically, these methods use the ToggleScope method and the Scope property on the object that is accessed through the Personalization property.
For the code example to run, you must enable one or more users to personalize pages in shared scope. To do this, add an entry to the Web.config file, in the webParts Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema).
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
If ((mgr1.Personalization.Scope = PersonalizationScope.User) _
And (mgr1.Personalization.CanEnterSharedScope)) Then
mgr1.Personalization.ToggleScope()
ElseIf (mgr1.Personalization.Scope = PersonalizationScope.Shared) Then
mgr1.Personalization.ToggleScope()
Else
'If the user cannot enter shared scope you may want
' to notify them on the page.
End If
End Sub
Protected Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
mgr1.DisplayMode = WebPartManager.EditDisplayMode
End Sub
Protected Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
mgr1.DisplayMode = WebPartManager.BrowseDisplayMode
End Sub
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CommandEventArgs)
Label1.Text = "Scope is: " _
+ mgr1.Personalization.Scope.ToString()
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="head1" runat="server">
<title>Web Parts Declarative Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:LoginName id="LoginName1" runat="server" />
<asp:WebPartManager id="mgr1" runat="server">
<Personalization InitialScope="Shared" Enabled="True" />
</asp:WebPartManager>
<asp:WebPartZone id="WebPartZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" runat="server" />
</ZoneTemplate>
<CloseVerb Text="Close This Part" />
<MinimizeVerb Text="Minimize This Part" />
<EditVerb Text="Edit This Part" />
</asp:WebPartZone>
<asp:EditorZone id="EditorZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<asp:LayoutEditorPart HorizontalAlign="Center" id="Layout1" runat="server" Title="My Custom Layout" />
<asp:AppearanceEditorPart id="AppearanceEditorPart1"
runat="server" BackColor="LightGray" />
<asp:BehaviorEditorPart id="BehaviorEditorPart1"
runat="server" />
</ZoneTemplate>
</asp:EditorZone>
<hr />
<asp:Button id="Button1" runat="server" Text="Toggle Scope" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
<asp:Button id="Button2" runat="server" Text="Edit Mode" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
<asp:Button id="Button3" runat="server" Text="Browse Mode" OnClick="Button3_Click" />
<br />
<asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server" Text="" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if ((mgr1.Personalization.Scope == PersonalizationScope.User)
&& (mgr1.Personalization.CanEnterSharedScope))
{
mgr1.Personalization.ToggleScope();
}
else if (mgr1.Personalization.Scope ==
PersonalizationScope.Shared)
{
mgr1.Personalization.ToggleScope();
}
else
{
// If the user cannot enter shared scope you may want
// to notify them on the page.
}
}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
mgr1.DisplayMode = WebPartManager.EditDisplayMode;
}
protected void Button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
mgr1.DisplayMode = WebPartManager.BrowseDisplayMode;
}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Label1.Text = "Scope is: "
+ mgr1.Personalization.Scope.ToString();
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="head1" runat="server">
<title>Web Parts Declarative Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:LoginName id="LoginName1" runat="server" />
<asp:WebPartManager id="mgr1" runat="server">
<Personalization InitialScope="Shared" Enabled="True" />
</asp:WebPartManager>
<asp:WebPartZone id="WebPartZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" runat="server" />
</ZoneTemplate>
<CloseVerb Text="Close This Part" />
<MinimizeVerb Text="Minimize This Part" />
<EditVerb Text="Edit This Part" />
</asp:WebPartZone>
<asp:EditorZone id="EditorZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<asp:LayoutEditorPart HorizontalAlign="Center" id="Layout1" runat="server" Title="My Custom Layout" />
<asp:AppearanceEditorPart id="AppearanceEditorPart1"
runat="server" BackColor="LightGray" />
<asp:BehaviorEditorPart id="BehaviorEditorPart1"
runat="server" />
</ZoneTemplate>
</asp:EditorZone>
<hr />
<asp:Button id="Button1" runat="server" Text="Toggle Scope" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
<asp:Button id="Button2" runat="server" Text="Edit Mode" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
<asp:Button id="Button3" runat="server" Text="Browse Mode" OnClick="Button3_Click" />
<br />
<asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server" Text="" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>