Rendering a Gmail 'Loading' Indicator over a Specific ASP.NET Control(mattberseth.com)

submitted by mberseth(1385) 4 years, 7 months ago

A recent 'kicks' article showed how to use an UpdateProgress to display a page level gmail-like status indicator. This article shows a technique for rendering the indicator over the control contained within an updatepanel. On pages where there are a lot of controls, this lets the user know exactly which one was updated. read more...

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Quick Ajax Tip: Provide a better asp:Wizard user experience(mattberseth.com)

submitted by mberseth(1385) 4 years, 8 months ago

Wrapping an asp:Wizard in an asp:UpdatePanel is a nice way to improve the user experience of your web pages. Throw in a couple of animation cues using the UpdatePanelAnimationExtender and your application will really ... read more...

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Ajax.Net Example: Using an UpdatePanelAnimationExtender to animate ...(mattberseth.com)

submitted by mberseth(1385) 4 years, 8 months ago

I recently was working on an Asp.Net project that contained quite a few search pages. These pages all followed a similar structured pattern where the user had a set of fields they could filter on by typing in values and pressing the search button. The results were displayed in a GridView where the user could sort by clicking on column headers, export the results to excel, etc... To help improve user experience, we placed each of the GridViews in an asp UpdatePanel so while the user refined the search (sorting, adding or removing additional filters), only the GridView would be refreshed and not the entire page. Additionally, we wanted to add a few standard UI cues (disabling the Search button, fading out the GridView, and placing a progress indicator over the GridView) letting the user know an operation was currently in progress. read more...

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