runat="server" effect in head section of the page in asp.net

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I am defining variable css files in head section on my pages (different skins) but can't define them when head has runat="server" (that is there by default) as <%%> is not allowed in runat="server" sections removing runat="server" solves the problem but what is the differece (effect) of having this attribute or not in the head section:

<head>
<title> some title </title>
<link href="<%=skin_common%>.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="<%=skin_color%>.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '14 at 23:40

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The only reason the runat attribute is needed in the head section is if your server-side code needs to access it. Outside of that, you can safely remove it.

answered May 22 '14 at 23:40

IrishChieftain

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@rishChieftain what do you mean by accessing it? like setting title dynamically? – Ashkan Mobayen Khiabani May 22 '14 at 23:42
Yes, for that my understanding is that you WOULD need runat. Some more info: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11510502/understanding-the-runat-server-attribute – IrishChieftain May 22 '14 at 23:43
http://www.asp.net/web-forms/tutorials/master-pages/specifying-the-title-meta-tags-and-other-html-headers-in-the-master-page-vb – IrishChieftain May 22 '14 at 23:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '15 at 15:08

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Unfortunately, you will not be able to remove runat="server" if you use Title directive of @Page or set Page.Title in codebehind.

answered Mar 04 '15 at 15:08

Denis

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runat="server" effect in head section of the page in asp.net

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