[CLOSED] best way to traverse the server controls hierarchy of a page

[PLoch]

Hi:

I need to traverse the server ext.net controls hierarchy that have been added to a page. I just want to make sure I am scanning all controls.

Would this do it:

    private void DisplayUIControls(IndentedTextWriter writer, Control control)
    {
      Component xnetComponent = control as Component;
      if (xnetComponent != null && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(xnetComponent.ItemID))
      {
        writer.WriteLine("// {0}", xnetComponent.ItemID);
      }

      foreach (Control child in control.Controls)
      {        
        writer.Indent += 1;
        DisplayUIControls(writer, child);
        writer.Indent -= 1;
      }
    }

The reason I am asking is because for certain controls, let's say panels, they have multiple inner containers: Items, Buttons, TopBar, BottomBar. I want to make sure I am covering all these containers in one shot.

Thank you

[geoffrey.mcgill]

Hi,

There are some "FindControl" helpers in the Utilities library that might be helpful, see

Ext.Net.Utilities.ControlUtils

[PLoch]

Thank you. Yes, they are useful, this is what I based my code on :-). I would have used them but I need to know the path as I traverse the hierarchy.

[Vladimir]

Traversing Ext.Net widgets is the same like for classic ASP.NET controls. All widgets from Items, Buttons and etc collections are added to Controls collection. So, just traverse Controls collection