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ASP.NET Web Forms Server Controls

ASP.NET provides web forms controls that are used to create HTML components. These controls are categories as server and client based. The following table contains the server controls for the web forms.

Control Name	Applicable Events	Description
Label	None	It is used to display text on the HTML page.
TextBox	TextChanged	It is used to create a text input in the form.
Button	Click, Command	It is used to create a button.
LinkButton	Click, Command	It is used to create a button that looks similar to the hyperlink.
ImageButton	Click	It is used to create an imagesButton. Here, an image works as a Button.
Hyperlink	None	It is used to create a hyperlink control that responds to a click event.
DropDownList	SelectedIndexChanged	It is used to create a dropdown list control.
ListBox	SelectedIndexCnhaged	It is used to create a ListBox control like the HTML control.
DataGrid	CancelCommand, EditCommand, DeleteCommand, ItemCommand, SelectedIndexChanged, PageIndexChanged, SortCommand, UpdateCommand, ItemCreated, ItemDataBound	It used to create a frid that is used to show data. We can also perform paging, sorting, and formatting very easily with this control.
DataList	CancelCommand, EditCommand, DeleteCommand, ItemCommand, SelectedIndexChanged, UpdateCommand, ItemCreated, ItemDataBound	It is used to create datalist that is non-tabular and used to show data.
CheckBox	CheckChanged	It is used to create checkbox.
CheckBoxList	SelectedIndexChanged	It is used to create a group of check boxes that all work together.
RadioButton	CheckChanged	It is used to create radio button.
RadioButtonList	SelectedIndexChanged	It is used to create a group of radio button controls that all work together.
Image	None	It is used to show image within the page.
Panel	None	It is used to create a panel that works as a container.
PlaceHolder	None	It is used to set placeholder for the control.
Calendar	SelectionChanged, VisibleMonthChanged, DayRender	It is used to create a calendar. We can set the default date, move forward and backward etc.
AdRotator	AdCreated	It allows us to specify a list of ads to display. Each time the user re-displays the page.
Table	None	It is used to create table.
XML	None	It is used to display XML documents within the HTML.
Literal	None	It is like a label in that it displays a literal, but allows us to create new literals at runtime and place them into this control.

We will explain each control with example in our next chapter.