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Asked: 2026-05-12T20:09:51+00:00

I have two masterpages. A main.Master and a search.Master. The search.Master is a nested

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I have two masterpages. A main.Master and a search.Master.

The search.Master is a nested masterpage, which is “inside” the main.Master.
To get my CSS files work with masterpages, I had to place the runat=”server” atribute. Like this:

<link runat="server" href="~/mp/css/master.main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

And is working wonderfull in the masterpage.
However, this nested masterpage has her own styles, so I tried to do the runat=”server” trick again. I made sure that my asp:content was inside the and typed:

<link runat="server" href="~/mp/css/master.search.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

However, when I checked the source code of my website, the path shown there was:

~/mp/css/master.search.css

Insetead of the

../../mp/css/master.search.css

Anyone know why this is happening? And how to solve this?

PS: I do not want to use the <%= ResolveClientUrl(“bla bla bla”) %>, because it is messing arround with the mastrepage/theme relationship.
And I would prefer not to insert the CSS stylesheets in the header from the ServerSide code.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The reason it is happening is because the ASPX processor converts it to a GenericControl unless it is in the head region, then it converts it to a HtmlLink control.

    For the generic controls it sets the href as an attribute. The HtmlLink has a Href property that is used and will resolve the url.

    The only solutions I can think of off the top of my head are:

    1. <%=ResolveUrl("blah")%> or <%=ResolveClientUrl("blah")%>

    2. Create a custom control that renders the link and resolves the url using one of the above methods.

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