What is the difference between css and skin in asp.net

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I need to know the clear difference between css and skin file.
We can apply attributes for server control directly through skin file means why to use css for an application?

Posted 28-Jan-13 19:18pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Jan-13 1:41am

"Difference"... Very incorrect question. This is the same as asking: "what is the difference between operator "if" and .NET assembly", for example.
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Priyaaammu 29-Jan-13 1:58am

What is the incorrect thing you find in my question?

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 1 · 2013-01-28T19:29:00

Refer - .skin vs .css from asp.net[^]

In the skin file you can set properties of asp.net controls.

For example,

XML
<asp:TextBox runat="server" Width="200"/>
All the TextBox controls in your application will have width 200.

You can give it a name and only the controls you like you can set them to apply a skin for example,

XML
<asp:TextBox ID="MultiLineTextBox" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="240"/>
now in a web page when adds TextBox control you can set its SkinID to be "MultiLineTextBox" as the following,

XML
<asp:TextBox runat="server" SkinID="MultiLineTextBox"/>
and thus it will inherit the TextMode as MultiLine and the Height as 240.

To use the skin you have to add a theme to your application under the App_Themes folder and there you add the skin file, now to use this theme in your pages you have to set the EnableTheming property of the page to true, StylesheetTheme or Theme to the name of your theme. You can also set this properties in the config file.

Setting the theme in the page aspx,

XML
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1.WebForm1" EnableTheming="true" StylesheetTheme="Your Theme Name" %>
Setting the theme in the web.config,

XML
<configuration>
   <system.web>
     <pages styleSheetTheme="Your Theme Name"></pages>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

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1. CSS files vs skin files[^]
2. .skin vs .css[^].
3. Diiference : Skin file and CSS[^]

VishwaKL · Answer 2 · 2013-01-28T19:25:00

Skins-A set of properties that define a control's appearance

Cascading style sheet (CSS)-A standard for defining the appearance and layout attributes of HTML elements

Images-Files that define the site's appearance, such as company logos

A theme has, at minimum, a skin file. Some overlap occurs between skins and CSS because both are used to control appearance. They have some crucial differences, however:

Skins don't cascade. Unlike with CSS, where you can create a hierarchy of styles, you define one skin for each type of control you use on your site. See the sidebar "Cascading styles" for more details on how CSS styles cascade.

Skins define properties for ASP.NET Web server controls. CSS styles apply to HTML elements.

Skins apply to a single Web server control. Styles can apply to a single HTML element or to collections of elements.

Styles can be used to control the positioning of elements on a page.

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What is the difference between css and skin in asp.net

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