Class PagingControl

Paging of page lists.

Inheritance
System.Object
PagingControl
Implements
System.Web.UI.INamingContainer
Namespace: EPiServer.Web.WebControls
Assembly: EPiServer.dll
Version: 8.11.0
Syntax
public class PagingControl : Control, INamingContainer

Constructors

PagingControl()

Initializes a new instance of the PagingControl class.

Declaration
public PagingControl()

PagingControl(PageListData)

Initializes a new instance of the PagingControl class.

Declaration
public PagingControl(PageListData source)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageListData source

The source.

Properties

AutoPaging

Defines whether paging should be turned on or off, depending on how many paging items are generated. If the value is true, paging is turned off when there is at most 1 paging item, that holds all pages. If the value is false, paging items are always shown, even if there is just one paging item that shows all pages, the paging items is displayed. By default the value is true, that is, show no more than needed.

Declaration
public virtual bool AutoPaging { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

CssClassPagingContainer

The CSS class that is used to format the container that holds the paging items. Default value is "PagingContainer".

Declaration
public virtual string CssClassPagingContainer { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

CssClassSelected

The CSS class that is used to format a selected paging item, by default "SelectedPagingItem".

Declaration
public virtual string CssClassSelected { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

CssClassUnselected

The CSS class that is used to format unselected paging items and the first/prev/next/last links. Default value is "UnselectedPagingItem".

Declaration
public virtual string CssClassUnselected { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

CurrentPagingItemCount

Number of paging items, based on total number of pages in pagelist.

Declaration
public virtual int CurrentPagingItemCount { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

CurrentPagingItemIndex

The current paging item index, used when paging has been turned on, during databind and between postbacks to track current paging item. The value is zero-bound (0 means first paging item, 1 is second paging item, and so on).

Declaration
public virtual int CurrentPagingItemIndex { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

FirstPagingItemText

The first paging item text, by default "«".

Declaration
public virtual string FirstPagingItemText { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

LastPagingItemText

The last paging item text, by default "»".

Declaration
public virtual string LastPagingItemText { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

LinkCounter

A counter used when generating the paging links.

Declaration
protected int LinkCounter { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

NextPagingItemText

The next paging item text, by default ">".

Declaration
public virtual string NextPagingItemText { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

PagesPerPagingItem

Number of pages that goes into one paging item, by default 7.

Declaration
public virtual int PagesPerPagingItem { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32
Examples

For example, if PagesPerPagingItem is 12, each paging item will list up to 12 pages.

PrevPagingItemText

The previous paging item text, by default "<".

Declaration
public virtual string PrevPagingItemText { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Source

Gets or sets the data source for the paging control.

Declaration
public virtual PageListData Source { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
PageListData

The source.

Methods

AddLinkSpacing()

Adds a span tag containing a white space

Declaration
protected virtual void AddLinkSpacing()

AddLinkSpacing(Boolean)

Adds a span tag containing a white space

Declaration
protected virtual void AddLinkSpacing(bool visible)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Boolean visible

if set to true the span tag is set to visible

Create the currently active paging link and add it to the controls collection.

Declaration
protected virtual LinkButton AddSelectedPagingLink(int pagingIndex, string text, string altText)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 pagingIndex

Index of the paging link, 1 is first paging item, 2 second and so on.

System.String text

The text displayed in the paging link

System.String altText

Alternate text, displayed when hovering over link with mouse cursor

Returns
Type Description
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton

The paging link that was created

Create a paging link and add it to the controls collection.

Declaration
protected virtual LinkButton AddUnselectedPagingLink(int pagingIndex, string text, string altText, bool visible)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 pagingIndex

Index of the paging link, 1 is first paging item, 2 second and so on.

System.String text

The text displayed in the paging link

System.String altText

Alternate text, displayed when hovering over link with mouse cursor

System.Boolean visible

Indicates if link should be visible

Returns
Type Description
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton

The paging link that was created

CreatePagingContainer()

Create the container control that holds the PagingControl including all paging items, called by the PagingControl's parent control. By default a Panel is created, where the CssClass is set to the value of the CssClassPagingContainer property.

Declaration
public virtual Control CreatePagingContainer()
Returns
Type Description
System.Web.UI.Control

A control

Remarks

The container control is added to the parent's Controls collection and the PagingControl is added to the container's Controls collection.

CreatePagingControls(PageDataCollection)

Create paging header, paging items and paging footer.

Declaration
public virtual void CreatePagingControls(PageDataCollection pages)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageDataCollection pages

Pages used to create paging items

Remarks

The paging items creation task is delegated to the CreatePagingItems(PageDataCollection) method.

CreatePagingItems(PageDataCollection)

Create paging items.

Declaration
public virtual void CreatePagingItems(PageDataCollection pages)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageDataCollection pages

Pages used to create paging items

Remarks

When overriding this method make sure to set LinkCounter = 0 in your method.

Creates a link button used for paging.

Declaration
protected virtual LinkButton CreatePagingLink(int pagingIndex, string text, string altText)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 pagingIndex

Index of the paging link, 1 is first paging item, 2 second and so on.

System.String text

The text displayed in the paging link

System.String altText

Alternate text, displayed when hovering over link with mouse cursor

Returns
Type Description
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton

The paging link

PagingItemChanged(Object, CommandEventArgs)

Event handler to handle navigation in PagingControl

Declaration
public virtual void PagingItemChanged(object sender, CommandEventArgs e)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Object sender

The sender.

System.Web.UI.WebControls.CommandEventArgs e

The System.Web.UI.WebControls.CommandEventArgs instance containing the event data.

PreparePagingControls(PageDataCollection)

Prepares the paging control by trimming the page collection to what should be displayed according to CurrentPagingItemIndex.

Declaration
public virtual void PreparePagingControls(PageDataCollection pages)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageDataCollection pages

The page collection to trim

Implements

System.Web.UI.INamingContainer

Extension Methods