The WebControl Class

Here's the class hierarchy of the WebControl class, which is based on the Control class:

Object
   Control
      WebControl

You can find the notable public properties of WebControl objects in Table 15.4 and the notable methods in Table 15.5. (Note there's no table of events here—WebControl inherits all its events from the Control class.)

Table 15.4: Noteworthy public properties of *WebControl* objects.
Property	Means
AccessKey	Gets/Sets the access key for the control.
Attributes	Gets a collection of attributes used to render the control. (These attributes are the ones that do not correspond to control properties.)
BackColor	Gets/sets the control's background color.
BorderColor	Gets/sets the control's border color.
BorderStyle	Gets/sets the control's border style.
BorderWidth	Gets/sets the control's border width.
ControlStyle	Gets the control's style.
CssClass	Gets/sets control's CSS class.
Enabled	Gets/sets whether the control is enabled.
Font	Gets/sets font information for the control.
ForeColor	Gets/sets the control's foreground color.
Height	Gets/sets the control's height.
Style	Gets the HTML style of the control as a collection of text attributes.
TabIndex	Gets/sets the control's tab index.
ToolTip	Gets/sets the control's tool tip text.
Width	Gets/sets the control's width.

Table 15.5: Noteworthy public methods of *WebControl* objects.
Method	Means
CopyBaseAttributes	Copies base attributes (that is, the AccessKey, Enabled, ToolTip, Tab Index, and Attributes properties) from a source control to the current control.
RenderBeginTag	Renders the HTML starting tag of the control.
RenderEndTag	Renders the HTML ending tag of the control.

And now that we've gotten the Control and WebControl classes in hand, we can turn to the actual Web server controls, starting with buttons.