Task Panes/ToolBox

Toolbox Task Pane

Use the Toolbox task pane to drag HTML elements, form controls and ASP.NET controls onto your web pages. The code Microsoft® Expression® Web creates when you drag an item onto your page depends on the DocType declaration in your page. For example, if your DocType is HTML, when you drag a Break element onto the page, Expression Web creates a <br> tag. If your DocType is XHTML, Expression Web creates a <br /> tag. For more information about DocTypes, see How to Set Document Type Information.

Toolbox task pane

  1. Drag HTML elements from this section of the Toolbox task pane to your page.
  2. Drag form controls from this section of the Toolbox task pane to your page. For more information, see Forms.
  3. Drag ASP.NET controls from this section of the Toolbox task pane to your page. For more information, see ASP.NET Standard Controls.

To change the way items are displayed in the Toolbox task pane

  • Right-click the Toolbox task pane name tab or title bar, and then do one of the following:
    • To show icons and names, click Icons and Names
    • To only show icons, click Icons Only
    • To only show names, click Names Only