The PlaceHolder Web server control does not have any visible output and is used as a
place holder when we add controls at run time. The PlaceHolder control is used to reserve space for controls added by code.
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
PlaceHolder is a container of other web server control
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server">
Search this website:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Start Searching" />
</asp:PlaceHolder>
The advantage of using PlaceHolder is that the textbox, button and other content contained within the PlaceHolder opening and closing HTML tags are kept as a single entity. For example, to hide the entire search form (i.e. text label, textbox, and button) only a single line of C# code is required:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PlaceHolder1.Visible = false;
}
Now when running the project then all control will not show on the page because here PlaceHolder Visibility is false, and all control are inside PlaceHolder.
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