Change Class of html link in Master Page

itHighway · May 2, 2012, 2:57am

Hi,

I am in process of learning ASP.net. I need to know how to change class of a link which is in Mater page from Default.aspx

For example, in following example I would like to change/update the class of “Home” link.

  &lt;div align="right"&gt;
        &lt;a href="Default.aspx" id="lnkHome" class=""&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;a href="AboutUs.aspx" id="lnkAbout"  class=""&gt;About Us&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;div class="Clear"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

As I am learning ASP.net, so please suggest the ways to do above.

Thanks!

webcosmo · May 2, 2012, 4:47pm

On your master page code behind create a method like this:
public string MyLinkClass
{
set { mylink.attributes.add(“class”,value; }
}

Then on any page you like to set the class for that link:
MyMasterPage master=(MyMasterPage)this.Page.Master;
if(master!=null)
{
master.MyLinkClass=“someclass”;
}

itHighway · May 3, 2012, 5:52am

Hi,

Thanks for your response.
The given solution is not working on my end, as it says “lnkHome” is not declared. Again the html code I have is:

Is there any way to access HTML elements (not asp.net html elements that run at server)?

webcosmo · May 4, 2012, 1:05am

you are missing the runat=“server” attribute.

<a href=“Default.aspx” id=“lnkHome” class=“”>Home</a>
should be
<a href=“Default.aspx” id=“lnkHome” runat=“server” class=“”>Home</a>