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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T17:50:32+00:00 2026-05-10T17:50:32+00:00

In ASP.NET what’s the best way to do the following: Show certain controls based

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In ASP.NET what’s the best way to do the following:

  1. Show certain controls based on your rights?
  2. For a gridview control, how do you show certain columns based on your role?

I’m thinking for number 2, have the data come from a role specific view on the database.

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  1. 2026-05-10T17:50:32+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 5:50 pm

    Instead of actually using roles to hide/show certain controls, I would suggest having another layer of permissions for each role and show/hide based on those instead.

    That way you can redefine what permissions a role has and won’t have to change your code.

    Also, this allows you to make new roles in the future and just assign a set of permissions to the role.

    As for controls, yes… I would just set the Visible property on the control based on the user.IsInRole(‘permissionname’) value.

    For grids I would do the same… set the Visibility of the columns to the IsInRole boolean value.

    //Delete Icon Column gridViewContacts.Columns[0].Visible = user.IsInRole('DeleteAnyContact');  

    I would make create your permissions in a very granular nature.. such as

    • ViewAnyContact
    • ViewOwnContact
    • EditOwnContact
    • EditAnyContact
    • AddAnyContact
    • DeleteOwnContact
    • DeleteAnyContact
    • Etc…
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