.NET browser compatibility

[hoyaabanks]

I have created a wizard style form which seperates form fields into a series of pannels.

Example
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<asp:Panel id="firstView" runat="server">
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</asp:Panel>

<asp:Panel id="secondView" runat="server">
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</asp:Panel>

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The user clicks next and back buttons to navagate through the different pannels. The form works fine in Internet Explorer, but does not seem to work in Netscape or Firefox. In these browsers when you click next it never shows the second pannel.

Why?

[pclement]

It's because the panel control is rendered as a TABLE and not a DIV tag. This occurs because ASP.NET considers FireFox and Netscape down-level (old) browsers.

The following should help:

http://weblogs.asp.net/mrupp/archive...4/03/4789.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/browsercaps.asp

[hoyaabanks]

What if the <asp:Panel> were replaced with <asp:literal>? Would it work in these browsers upon makeing this change? Is this a good idea? What is the difference between Panels and Literals?

[pclement]

The best suggestion I can offer is to try it. A Literal control is like a Label control w/o a style. I don't believe it renders the same way as a Panel control.