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Last week we looked at how to add the ability to collapse a container as part of the DotNetNuke skinning series. Today, we are going to take a look at how to add a similar feature into the modules themselves.

By the way, while it might work for a person interested in skinning to skip the series on creating modules, I think those of you interested in building modules really ought to take a look at the skinning series.

To get a panel to expand and collapse, we need to use the SectionHeadControl. You can register this control in your module by placing the following code at the top of your ASCX page:

<%@ Register Src="~/controls/SectionHeadControl.ascx"
TagName="SectionHead" TagPrefix="DNN" %>

The code to use this control looks something like:

<DNN:SectionHead CssClass="Header"
    runat="server"  ID="m_sectionHeadImageSection"
    IsExpanded="false" Section="m_ImageSection"
    Text="Some Label Text Here" />

The Section attribute points to the ID of the section that wraps around the content you want to hide or show. This should not be a control with the runat=”server” attribute assigned to it.

Here is a full list of attributes that you have available:

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