DOTNETVISHAL: How to Use Nested MasterPage

Friday, 7 December 2012

How to Use Nested MasterPage

Following code will show how to implement nested master page step by step:

parent.master markup code:

<% @ Master Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML

    1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html>

<head id="Head1" runat="server">

    <title>Untitled Page</title>

</head>

<body>

    <form id="Form1" runat="server">

    <div>

        <h1>

            Parent Master</h1>

        <p style="font: color=red">

            This is parent master content.</p>

        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server" />

    </div>

    </form>

</body>

</html>

child.master markup code:

<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/parent .master" %>

  

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">

    <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="panelMain" BackColor="lightyellow">

        <h2>

            Child master</h2>

        <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="panel1" BackColor="lightblue">

            <p>

                This is child master content.</p>

            <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="ChildContent1" runat="server" />

        </asp:Panel>

        <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="panel2" BackColor="pink">

            <p>

                This is child master content.</p>

            <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="ChildContent2" runat="server" />

        </asp:Panel>

        <br />

    </asp:Panel>

</asp:Content>

child.aspx markup code:

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/child.master" %>

  

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ChildContent1" runat="server">

    <asp:label runat="server" id="Label1" text="Child label1" font-bold="true" />

    <br />

</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ChildContent2" runat="server">

    <asp:label runat="server" id="Label2" text="Child label2" font-bold="true" />

</asp:Content>