Re: tips for aspx.net in visual studio?
- From: "RicksPlace" <ofbgmail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 06:45:19 -0400
Hi: Ya, if you highlight the first few characters of a ASP Tag and hit F4 or
another key that window should open for the control you had selected in the
HTML Editor. It has worked for me with the Properties Window almost all the
time. I am not sure about using that method with the Forms Designer.I will add
your tip about how you open the Smart Tag to my Tips file since that is often a
hard thing to do for new programmers trying to work in the Forms Designer with
a Screen Reader. My method is longer and sometimes is a hassle, but it worked
most of the time.
Rick USA
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:46 PM
Subject: RE: tips for aspx.net in visual studio?
Hi asp.net'ers,
I have been doing a bit of asp.net coding and I found accessing the smart tag
to be a bit tricky. Some of the methods for doing so described here on the list
would only work for me some of the time. I found the following method worked
pretty well:
1. Place your cursor on the first letter of the asp.net control tag in the
HTML editor. For example if the tag for a control is "<asp.net:something"
position your cursor on the "a" after the "<".
2. Select Designer from the View menu. I found that using SHIFT+F7 in this
instance was not reliable.
3. Press CTRL+. (that's control plus period) and the smart tag menu should
open.
I have found the designer to be completely useless and have been coding
tables in the HTML editor to accomplish screen formatting. Also, pressing
SHIFT+F7 while in the designer does not seem to always switch to the HTML
editor. The crazy work around I have been doing in this case is to press F7 to
go to the code behind editor and then I press SHIFT+F7 twice to go to the HTML
editor.
Please let me know if you find any better work arounds.
David
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