Author: orion846 | Posted on: 12/9/2008 7:15:48 AM | Views : 383

hey guys, i want to let users view a datalist set of items via a gridlike manner or a list type view, so there'd be a button for either, which would switch it, you've seen it on plenty of sites.
what i'm figuring i'll hvae to do is put each datalist in a multiview, in an updatepanel, and have each button doing a postback to change the multiview. so i'll have multiple datalists loading (only one visible at a time) the same set of images and sql data. my question is, is this going to add to the browser load time for the page or does it not matter since it's the same image just being rendered in 2 different places?
i'm also open to suggestions for a better way to do what i'm about to try, because i know there's going to be a lag/delay during postback, as opposed to youtube's instant-like change like a tabcontainers. (i dont want to use tabcontainer because i want control over the button's look (square like with a small grid pictur ...

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