ASP.NET page layout in Whidbey beta 2

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ASP.NET page layout in Whidbey beta 2

I have a quick query, and I would welcome any observations...
Does anyone find ASP.NETpage layout in Whidbey Beta 2 very difficult. For example, in VS 2003 you just dragged controls - textboxes, dropdownlists, radio buttons, etc etc and placed then where you wanted to on the page, and they stayed there, both in the developer environment and when the page was run.
With Whidbey beta 2, I am spending HOURS trying to neatly lay out a page Sad
Am I missing something


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ASP.NET page layout in Whidbey beta 2

  • kegerdal

    I believe this option may have been moved since the last post.

    It can now be found under Layout, Postion, Auto-position options.

    Check the check box and select Absolutely positioned option from the drop down list.

    Now, if anyone could tell me how to get my grid back !



  • Todd Peasley

    I haven't really had any problems. Getting content pages for a master page laid out correctly is more problematic than it probably needs to be but still nothing major.

  • remo.waller

    Hi!

    Thanks for asking! I'm a member of the ASP.NET team, and was just popping over here to see what was going on. The best place to ask ASP.NET questions is over on the ASP.NET forums at http://www.asp.net/welcome.aspx tabindex=1&tabid=39

    The short answer to your question is that there isn't a way to do that any more.  Sorry.

    HTH,

    PEte

  • Dr. Joe

    < xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

     Here is the answer for gridlayout:

     

    Select Options from the vs 2005 Tools menu.

    Select HTML Designer, then CSS Postitioning.

    You’ll see a checkbox for postiting and a drop down that will allow you to set absolute positioning.

     

    This problem was a pain in the butt for me 2!

     

  • sangelis

    Were you previously using the default POSITIONING="GridLayout" for pages in VS.NET 2003   From what I gather, forms in VS.NET 2005 are using the more modern XHTML based DOCTYPE for pages, they may be defaulting to FLOWLAYOUT as well for the MS_POSITIONING attribute.   If you prefer the GridLayout, you could just change the default back.  Just my guess at what the problem could be.
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