ASP.net Panels Yay or Nay

bigbadcon

Simple question regarding ASP.net panels....

If I want to display or hide sections of a page depending on whether a user is logged in or not is panels the right way of doing it?

Or are they going to play havoc with my css layouts?

Thanks in advance

jhegarty

You can do the same with <DIV> or even <TD>.

I use it for hiding items that are not security sensitive.

Ginger

Set the visible property = loggedinstatus

Eoin

Would a placeholder not be more suitable? I am pretty sure it can contain controls, but won't generate a wrapper tag, so there should be no problems if it's hidden or visible.

Ginger

A place holder is a better option due it not outputting any other HTML

bigbadcon

Ginger wrote: »

A place holder is a better option due it not outputting any other HTML

Is this an advantage as its less likely to interfere with the other html..

I used a panel before and found it was over lapping my footer. Cant remember how I fixed it. I probably had a div in the wrong place.

Im using a template for the site as im not a web developer by trade so my css/html isnt great...

Thanks for the help guys.Il give that a shot.

Ginger

Have a look see

http://bytes.com/groups/net-asp/643600-net-panel-vs-placeholder-controls