Applying Styles To ListItems in CheckBoxList

Question

How can styles be applied to CheckBoxList ListItems. Unlike other controls, such as the Repeater where you can specify <ItemStyle>, you can't seem to specify a style for each individual control.

Is there some sort of work around?

Answer 1

You can add Attributes to ListItems programmatically as follows.

Say you've got a CheckBoxList and you are adding ListItems. You can add Attributes along the way.

ListItem li = new ListItem("Richard Byrd", "11"); li.Selected = false; li.Attributes.Add("Style", "color: red;"); CheckBoxList1.Items.Add(li); 

This will make the color of the listitem text red. Experiment and have fun.

Answer 2

It seems the best way to do this is to create a new CssClass. ASP.NET translates CheckBoxList into a table structure.

Using something like

Style.css

.chkboxlist td  {     font-size:x-large; } 

Page.aspx

<asp:CheckBoxList ID="chkboxlist1" runat="server" CssClass="chkboxlist" /> 

will do the trick