ContentTemplate

This help article showcases how to add complex content (server-side controls and HTML elements) in RadLinkButton instead of plain text (Figure 1). You can do this both in the markup, or in the code-behind:

• Add Elements to RadLinkButton in the Markup

• Add Elements to RadLinkButton from the Code-behind

Add Elements to RadLinkButton in the Markup

In order to add controls to the RadLinkButton in the markup, you should place them directly in the composite ContentTemplate property (Example 1).

Figure 1: RadLinkButtons configured with contenttemplate in Example 1, Example 2 and Example 3.

Example 1: Adding controls to ContentTemplate of RadLinkButton in the markup.

ASP.NET

<telerik:RadLinkButton runat="server" ID="RadLinkButton1" NavigateUrl="https://www.telerik.com" Target="_blank">
    <ContentTemplate>
        <img alt="cog" src="https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/button/examples/contenttemplate/Images/cog.png" />
        <telerik:RadRating RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadRating1" runat="server" Enabled="false" Value="3" SelectionMode="Continuous" ItemCount="5" />
        <div>Tasks</div>
    </ContentTemplate>
</telerik:RadLinkButton>

Add Elements to RadLinkButton from the Code-behind

You can add controls to RadLinkButton from the code-behind in two ways:

• Add elements to the Controls collection of RadLinkButton (Example 2).

  Example 2: Adding controls to the Controls collection of RadLinkButton from the code-behind.

  ASP.NET

  <telerik:RadLinkButton runat="server" ID="RadLinkButton1" Width="160px" Height="85px" NavigateUrl="https://www.telerik.com" Target="_blank">
  </telerik:RadLinkButton>
  

  C#

  protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      Image buttonContentImage = new Image()
      {
          ID = "buttonContent",
          AlternateText = "my car",
          ImageUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/button/examples/contenttemplate/Images/car.png"
      };
      Label buttonContentLabel = new Label() { ID = "Label1", Text = "Vehicles" };
      RadPushButton1.Controls.Add(buttonContentImage);
      RadPushButton1.Controls.Add(buttonContentLabel);
  }
  

  VB

  Protected Sub Page_Init(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
      Dim buttonContentImage As New Image() With {
          .ID = "buttonContent",
          .AlternateText = "my car",
          .ImageUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/button/examples/contenttemplate/Images/car.png"
      }
      Dim buttonContentLabel As New Label() With {
         .ID = "Label1",
         .Text = "Vehicles"
      }
      RadPushButton1.Controls.Add(buttonContentImage)
      RadPushButton1.Controls.Add(buttonContentLabel)
  End Sub
  

• Set the ContentTemplate property to an instance of a class that implements the ITemplate interface (Example 3).

  Example 3: Adding controls to the RadLinkButton by using the ITemplate class.

  ASP.NET

  <telerik:RadLinkButton runat="server" ID="RadLinkButton1" Width="71px" Height="70px" NavigateUrl="https://www.telerik.com" Target="_blank">
  </telerik:RadLinkButton>
  

  C#

  protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      RadLinkButton1.ContentTemplate = new ButtonContentTemplate();
  }
  
  public class ButtonContentTemplate : ITemplate
  {
      void ITemplate.InstantiateIn(Control container)
      {
          System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image contentImage = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image();
          contentImage.ID = "contentImage";
          contentImage.ImageUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/button/examples/contenttemplate/Images/envelope.png";
          contentImage.AlternateText = "envelope";
          container.Controls.Add(contentImage);
  
          Label contentLabel = new Label();
          contentLabel.ID = "contentLabel";
          contentLabel.Text = "E-Mail";
          container.Controls.Add(contentLabel);
      }
  }
  

  VB

  Protected Sub Page_Init(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
      RadLinkButton1.ContentTemplate = New ButtonContentTemplate()
  End Sub
  
  Public Class ButtonContentTemplate
      Implements ITemplate
      Private Sub ITemplate_InstantiateIn(container As Control) Implements ITemplate.InstantiateIn
          Dim contentImage As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image()
          contentImage.ID = "contentImage"
          contentImage.ImageUrl = "https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/button/examples/contenttemplate/Images/envelope.png"
          contentImage.AlternateText = "envelope"
          container.Controls.Add(contentImage)
  
          Dim contentLabel As New Label()
          contentLabel.ID = "contentLabel"
          contentLabel.Text = "E-Mail"
          container.Controls.Add(contentLabel)
      End Sub
  End Class
  

See Also

• Image Button