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Asked: 2026-05-20T12:33:14+00:00

When I generate my controls in ASP.net they come out like this: <div id=ctl00_mainContent_ApprovalSelectPanel

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When I generate my controls in ASP.net they come out like this:

<div id="ctl00_mainContent_ApprovalSelectPanel" class="discussWrapper">

        <span class="cbox highlighted"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl00" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl00" checked="checked" value="70" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl00">Buyer1</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl01" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl01" value="75" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl01">Buyer2</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl02" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl02" value="280" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl02">Client3</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl03" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl03" value="281" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl03">Client4</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl04" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl04" value="283" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl04">Client2</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl05" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl05" value="289" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl05">Client1</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl06" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl06" value="346" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl06">artworker1</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl07" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl07" value="362" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl07">buyer3</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl08" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl08" value="367" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl08">meeeee</label></span><span class="cbox"><input id="ctl00_mainContent_ctl09" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$mainContent$ctl09" value="368" /><label for="ctl00_mainContent_ctl09">stake</label></span>

    </div>

Pretty ugly and hard to understand when you view the source. This isn’t a problem usually, but my site is offering visitors resources and tutorials where looking at the source is part of the experience.

Is there any way to render these controls nicely? Indented properly, better id’s and names etc?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In .NET 4.0 you can set the ClientIDMode to one of 4 options AutoID, Static, Predictable and Inherit. You’re probably looking for Static as this will ensure that your controls render to the page with the IDs you’ve assigned to them.

    You can set it at application level by adding:

    <pages clientIDMode="Static">

    To your web.config

    There’s more details on these changes here: http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/hima/archive/2010/07/16/all-about-client-id-mode-in-asp-net-4.aspx

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