Question

I want to have the following HTML programmatically:

<ul><li><a href="#"></a></li></ul>

I can add <li> to <ul>. But <a> to <li> is not possible.

My code:

    BulletedList ul = new BulletedList();    
    ListItem li = new ListItem();    
    HyperLink hl = new HyperLink();
    ul.Items.Add(li);
    // li has no property Controls or Items

Answer 1

From BulletedList, how to set link in ListItem, use the DisplayMode Property.

<asp:BulletedList ID="BulletedList6" runat="Server" DisplayMode="HyperLink">
    <asp:ListItem Text="Los Angeles" Value="http://www.Los Angeles.aspx"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="Atlanta" Value="http://wwwAtlanta.aspx"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="San Francisco" Value="http://www.San Francisco.aspx"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:BulletedList>

Or in your code:

BulletedList ul = new BulletedList();
ul.DisplayMode = BulletedListDisplayMode.HyperLink;
ListItem li = new ListItem();
ul.Items.Add(li);