In this article we will learn about the
navigation controls in ASP. NET.
Navigation control
This controls will enable us to provide easy
navigation features like Sitemap, bread crumbs for our site with a minimal
effort. Navigation Controls are used to navigate in web application. Like by
using a simple hyperlink we can navigate to another page but hyperlink can't
show hierarchical or drop down menu or say links to navigate.
Toolbox displays the types of navigation
controls.
Figure 1.
Navigation controls: There are following
types of navigation controls in ASP.NET.
Pointer: Pointer are used to point the
control. If we drag any other control on form it causes to create that control
on form but pointer does not create any control on form.
Menu: MenuItems typically defines different levels of
a hierarchy. Each MenuItem consists of properties that determine the look and
feel of the MenuItem (e.g. text, navigateURL, etc).
SiteMapPath: The SiteMapPath control displays a list of
links representing the user's current page and the hierarchical path back to the
root of the website. This functionality is sometimes referred to as a breadcrumb
for the user.
TreeView: TreeView Control, which can be used to consume
information from hierarchical data sources like an XML file and then display
that information. TreeView includes a major set of new features such as
support for client-side populating, on-demand populating, postback events, hyper
link navigation, and a lot more.