Create Custom Html Tag Html TextWriter

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Is there a way to create this using HtmlTextWriter? I am trying to create a method to create html dynamically server-side

<fieldset class='ui-grid-a' data-theme='c'>

Here is a start on the code I am not sure how to create the "data-theme" attribute because there is no enum offered for that..

// Initialize StringWriter instance.
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();

// Put HtmlTextWriter in using block because it needs to call Dispose.
using (HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWriter))
{
    foreach (string employee in myList)
    {
        writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Fieldset);
        writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Class, "ui-grid-a");
        writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute., "ui-grid-a");
    }
}

Remember that if you create a custom html "attribute" (this is what you are referring to in your question, not a html tag) you could create invalid XHTML. Check this out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1735230/can-i-add-custom-attribute-to-html-tag — Hanlet Escaño, Sep 10 '12 at 22:53

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '12 at 22:44

Regarding the comment: Here is a start on the code I am not sure how to create the "data-theme" attribute because there is no enum offered for that..

Do not use the overload that only takes the enum and instead the overload that accepts two string values: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/985bhaz6.aspx

e.g.

writer.AddAttribute("data-theme", "c");

Create Custom Html Tag Html TextWriter

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