One feature the Table server control lacks is being able to set style properties for Header rows and normal Rows from within the <asp:Table /> server tag. (e.g. <asp:Table id="tbl" HeaderStyle-BackColor="#FF0000" runat="Server" />)

So instead, I tried this inside my .skin file:

<asp:Table CellPadding="3" CellSpacing="-1" Runat="Server">


   <asp:TableHeaderRow BackColor="#606060" ForeColor="#FFFFFF" Runat="server" />


</asp:Table>

When I set the page's THEME to my new Theme, any asp:Table would basically render exactly how it appears above. It thought I was defining a template (so all that would render was a <table> tag with a <tr> inside).

So then I tried setting it to a StyleSheetTheme. Neither the Table nor it's TableHeaderRow's would get any styling. I removed the <asp:TableHeaderRow> from the .skin file and it worked fine.

The only other option is to have to separte things in the .skin file:

<asp:Table CellPadding="3" Runat="Server" />


<asp:TableHeaderRow BackColor="#606060" Runat="Server" />

But what happens if you want different SkinID's for Table's? Does SkinID cascade down through it's children, or would I have to explicitly set a SkinID for the Table and TableHeaderRows?

Thanks.

The TabelHeaderRow is a control and of that reason you have to set a SkinID if you want to use different style for different TableHeaderRow.

The SkinID of a Table will not affect the style of the TabelHeaderRow.

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I've submitted a suggestion to add HeaderStyle and BodyStyle attributes to the WebControl Table.