Question

I am in the middle of creating an HtmlHelper method to generate code for various html elements with a width and height. I have a class like the following simplified example.

public class Media {
  public string Url { get; set; }
  public System.Drawing.Size Size { get; set; }
}

I will be generating some HTML like the following.

<video width="360" height="280">
  <source src="{Media.Url}" type="video/mp4"></source>
</video>

OR

<div style="width:100%;height:50%;background: url({Media.Url});">
  ...
</div>

However, I would like to be able to store width and height as either pixels OR as percentages in my Media class. I considered just storing the values as strings, but in my application, I need to be able to multiply and divide the values because I am going to scale the elements at various parts of my site.

Is there something built into the .Net Framework that makes managing sizes as pixels or percentages easy?

Answer 1

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit lets you store pixels or percentage.