>On my way to learning this thing called ASP.NET <g>:
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>In v1.1 I have a form that has a few labels, dropdowns and textboxes to gather parameters from the user to produce a report. The queries and calculations are done (in a class) and returned as an HTML Table. It is a single page deal. There is an if() checking for PostBack. If PostBack=true then it sets all the page controls.visible property to false and then shows the HTML Table with the results.
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>I did not see an automatic way for the controls to dissappear by themselves on PostBack so I just turn them invisible
but the space where they are is still used as blank rows, therefore the table starts very low on the page.
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>What is the proper way to hide the controls not wasting their screen real estate?
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>TIA
One thing you might want to consider is instead of using HTML table, use ASP:table and ASP:TableRow. These are very easy to hide by simply setting the property to invisible. And they don't take any space, I think because they are server-side controls.
I place all my controls that have to be displayed based on user setting in those tables (ASP:Table) and I have not seen extra space problem.
HTH.
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