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How To Shorten ASP.NET Automatically Generated Control IDs

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17 Mar 2009CPOL3 min read 43.3K   143   27  
This article shows you how to shorten ASP.NET automatically generated control IDs by making ASP.NET change its algorithm for generating control IDs, even for container controls.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace NunoGomes.Web.Configuration
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Attribute that should be applied to Pages where the original Ids must be rendered.
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false)]
    public class KeepOriginalIDsAttribute : Attribute
    {
        private bool _enabled = true;

        public KeepOriginalIDsAttribute() { }
        public KeepOriginalIDsAttribute(bool enabled)
        {
            _enabled = enabled;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a value indicating whether this <see cref="KeepOriginalIDsAttribute"/> is enabled.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value><c>true</c> if enabled; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
        public bool Enabled
        {
            get { return _enabled; }
        }
    }
}

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