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title: "What is the use of PlaceHolder control? Can we see it at runtime?"  
description: "What is the use of PlaceHolder control? Can we see it at runtime?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-28  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2086/what-is-the-use-of-placeholder-control-can-we-see-it-at-runtime  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the use of PlaceHolder control? Can we see it at runtime?

The PlaceHolder control acts as a container for those controls that are dynamically generated at runtime. We cannot see it at runtime because it does not produce any visible output. It used only as a container.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

The PlaceHolder control acts as a container for those controls that are dynamically generated at runtime. We cannot see it at runtime because it does not produce any visible output. It used only as a container.


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