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set body id to current file name in .net

Answer 1

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A quick Google search led me to this page. Maybe Request.Url is what you need?

varzan 2009-10-30 19:07:39

System.IO.Path.GetFileName(Request.PhysicalPath) is a way to get the filename.

RichardOD 2009-10-30 19:16:00

anyway to get that pathname to the master page without using javascript

Ben4Himv 2009-10-30 19:22:54

Answer 2

A:

You may want to have each page that is using your masterpage, add some onload javascript to the page (startup script block) and that JS function will set the body's id.

Have your setBodyId(txt) function defined in a js file that every page includes. Or even put it in the masterpage. Then do something like this (untested):

In the OnPreRender event in the codebehind:

ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this, typeof(MyPage), "MyPage_Init", "setBodyId('MyPageaspx');", true);

Then your JS function will be like this (untested):

function setBodyId(txt){
 document.body.id = txt;
}

Note I took the dot out of the page name to avoid periods in the body id.

Sherri 2009-10-30 19:08:38

Answer 3

A:

If you want a solution contained in the Masterpage, add an onload function call to the body tag.

<body onload="setBodyId()">

Define this JS function in the masterpage. Something like this:

function setBodyId(){    
  var sPath = window.location.pathname;
  var sPage = sPath.substring(sPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
  document.body.id=sPage;
}

Sherri 2009-10-30 19:17:20

I tested this and it works.

Sherri 2009-10-30 19:20:44

Answer 4

+2 A:

I've done exactly what you're talking about. This is how I did it.

What you have in the body tag is pretty close. This is what I've used in the masterpage's markup, it's a code behind method.

<body id="<%=SetupPageName()%>">

In the masterpage code behind, you need this using statement:

using System.IO;

Basically what this does is gets the file name of the page that you will be accessing during runtime.

The following methods are used to grab the file name of the page, and then assign that file name as a unique id to the generated page.

 private string pageName = string.Empty;

protected string SetupPageName()
{
    string pageName = GetPageName();
    return pageName;
}

private string GetPageName()
{
    pageName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Request.FilePath);
    if (pageName == "default")
    {
        pageName = "Default";
    }
    return pageName;
}

Now you should be able to access that body ID just like you would with any other type of ID. I've used this to enable navigation highlighting via a stylesheet. There are a few more steps involved with that, but you can generally find those answers on google.

Good luck, and hope this helps.

Chris 2009-10-30 19:19:26

This should do it. Thanks!

Ben4Himv 2009-10-30 19:48:52

Answer 5

A:

I am using this:

<body id="<%= Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Request.FilePath) %>">

but it's not friendly to URL rewriting.

Mark Richman 2009-11-23 01:55:53

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