"Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> If you're referring to following ListItem class:
>
> #ListItem Class (System.Web.UI.WebControls)
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.listitem.
> aspx
> Represents a data item in a data-bound list control.
>
>
> A ListItem control represents an individual data item within a data-bound
> list control, such as a ListBox or a RadioButtonList control. The result
> HTML that it rendered will depend on who is its container: for a ListBox
> control, a ListItem will be rendered as tag <option>; while a
> RadioButtonList will render ListItem as tag <input>.
>
> You cannot place a child server control inside its tag. Based on my test,
> you could place html tag <a> in its text property if it will be rendered as
> tag <input>:
>
>     <asp:RadioButtonList ID="rdl1" runat="server">
>         <asp:ListItem>item1</asp:ListItem>
>         <asp:ListItem>item2</asp:ListItem>
>         <asp:ListItem>Click <a href="default.aspx">here</a> for more
> info</asp:ListItem>
>     </asp:RadioButtonList>
>
>
>     <asp:CheckBoxList ID="check1" runat="server">
>         <asp:ListItem>item1</asp:ListItem>
>         <asp:ListItem>item2</asp:ListItem>
>         <asp:ListItem>Click <a href="default.aspx">here</a> for more
> info</asp:ListItem>
>     </asp:CheckBoxList>
>
>
> Based on your actual requirement, you might want to use other approaches
> such as creating custom data bound templated server controls; for example:
>
> #Building DataBound Templated Custom ASP.NET Server Controls
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479322.aspx
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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"Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote:

> Well, I'm afraid this is an expected issue when using html tags inside
> ListItem. This is a workaround and not documented way to do so.
>
> Normally we need to use a template to add arbitrary server controls or html
> tags, for example, when you're using a ItemTemplate inside GridView's
> TemplateColumn. For ListItem, it's rather limited and using the workaround
> above is really not documented and recommended.
>
> Regards,
> Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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