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AJAX Control Toolkit - DropDownExtender Always Visible

by Damien White 6/12/2008 3:44:22 PM

imageToday I came across a problem of making the DropDownExtender appear as if it is a standard drop down like it is when you hover over it (as shown in the image to the right).  Initially I was thinking you could do something with the Animation framework, but after a bit of research I found the way to do it.  This forum post (look for the accept answer by KristoferA), has the solution.  The source code below the full working solution. More...

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AJAX Control Toolkit - Layout Problems

by Damien White 6/11/2008 9:55:07 PM

A real common problem with using the AJAX Control Toolkit revolves around the rendering of the controls.  Taking an example from the ASP.NET Forums, let's say you have a Tab Control on your page.  Everything looks ok, and then you run it.  You notice that there is a weird space towards the bottom of one of your tabs.  D'oh!  What could be wrong?  Well, in general, usually the cause of these types of problems are related to one of two issues, Quirks Mode or CSS conflicts.  In the ASP.NET Forum example above, it was a Quirks Mode issue. More...

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