absolute positioning in vs 2008

[rahul gupta]

hey friends i was using vs 2008 for windows app earlier.
but when i moved to asp.net web site page development.
i was unable to adjust my controls.
vs 2008 by defalut takes conrol in flow layout.
this situation is ****ing man.
the only solution i came to know after hours of googling is that we
have to individually set each postion type to absolute position.
this is not a permanent solution
so i have to shift to vs 2005 where we have layout position ang we can
by default set each and every control to absolute positioning.
but i want to work in vs 2008 ...is there any permanent solution to
this prob.??????

 

[Brian Cryer]

hey friends i was using vs 2008 for windows app earlier.
but when i moved to asp.net web site page development.
i was unable to adjust my controls.
vs 2008 by defalut takes conrol in flow layout.
this situation is f***** man.
the only solution i came to know after hours of googling is that we
have to individually set each postion type to absolute position.
this is not a permanent solution
so i have to shift to vs 2005 where we have layout position ang we can
by default set each and every control to absolute positioning.
but i want to work in vs 2008 ...is there any permanent solution to
this prob.??????

Yes, there is a simple solution but there is also a better solution.

1. The simple solution

Grid layout is still there (although I've never touched it).
Tools > Options > HTML Designer > CSS Styling > Check the option "Change
positioning to absolute for controls added using Toolbox, paste or drag
and drop".

2. The better solution

But the better (but in your case also more painful) solution is to learn
to use flow layout.

Fixed positioning of control was always a bad idea and was given as an
option solely to help desktop developers feel at home on the web. The
reason its a bad idea is that you have no idea what sized browser window
your visitors will be using, and it makes your site look very
unprofessional if half your content is hidden off the to the right of
the window (or gets cropped when printed). Fortunatly Microsoft realised
their mistake and depreciatred it in VS 2008.

That said, I do acknowledge that if you've designed your site using grid
layout then to move to flow layout is a major pain.

Hope this helps.

 

[Brian Cryer]

Yes, there is a simple solution but there is also a better solution.

1. The simple solution

Grid layout is still there (although I've never touched it).
Tools > Options > HTML Designer > CSS Styling > Check the option "Change
positioning to absolute for controls added using Toolbox, paste or drag
and drop".

2. The better solution

But the better (but in your case also more painful) solution is to learn
to use flow layout.

Fixed positioning of control was always a bad idea and was given as an
option solely to help desktop developers feel at home on the web. The
reason its a bad idea is that you have no idea what sized browser window
your visitors will be using, and it makes your site look very
unprofessional if half your content is hidden off the to the right of
the window (or gets cropped when printed). Fortunatly Microsoft realised
their mistake and depreciatred it in VS 2008.

That said, I do acknowledge that if you've designed your site using grid
layout then to move to flow layout is a major pain.

Hope this helps.

Sorry, am trially a different newsreader and hadn't appreciated that the
post I was responding to was so old.