Multimedia Designs .NET

ASP.NET Hyperlink Control

Links to a different page are created by adding a Hyperlink Control to your page. Just as with an HTML link, you can define the look of a link (color, background, underlined) and the look of the link when a user places their mouse over the link (hoover) and a different style for links once visited. You can define this in a CSS class and then in the hyperlink control reference the class.  But obviously the most important property of the Hyperlink Control is the NavigateURL property. 

Hyperlink - with no image

Below are examples of two hyperlink controls. Remember the two most important properties of the hyperlink control is the NaviagateURL and the CssClass (if you want to change the color of the link on mouse rollover.

HyperLink            

Hyperlink - with image

If you set an ImageURL property you can change the look from an underlined word to any image you set. Below is a hyperlink with the ImageURL set to an image. Even though this may look like an image button it is not. You use an image button when you want to perform an action. You use a hyperlink with an image when you want to navigate to a different URL.

This picture is the hyperlink! 

ASP.NET

    
    <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink3" runat="server" 
            ImageUrl="~/ASPNET/CONTROLS/201.jpg" 
            NavigateUrl="~/ASPNET/CONTROLS/THE_ImageButton.aspx">
            Compare to the Image Button Control
    </asp:HyperLink>