Looking to see how to add spaces to the items on my menu. I found some discussion StaticItemFormatString. I copied an example and it does put spaces between my items. Since I had already played with ImageSeparator, I might want to leave them.

The problem is that the spaces are only showing up ahead of each menu item. So with the separator image there I look like this:

  Home|   Prouducts|   Projects|

I would like to look like this

Home | Product | Projects |

Is there a way that the StaticitemFormatString (or other more appropreiate method) can put a space on both sides of my menu item?

Here is my menu control code

<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" Orientation="Horizontal" 
                BackColor="#535353" Font-Size="X-Large" ForeColor="#FFCC00"
                 StaticItemFormatString="&nbsp &nbsp{0}" >
                <Items>
                    <asp:MenuItem Text="Home" Value="Home" NavigateUrl="~/PhotoGallery.aspx" 
                        SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg"></asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem Text="Products" Value="Products" NavigateUrl="~/Products.aspx" 
                        SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg"></asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Projects.aspx" Text="Projects" Value="Projects" 
                        SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg">
                    </asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/WebDesign.aspx" Text="Web Design" 
                        Value="Web Design" SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg"></asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Outsourcing.aspx" Text="Outsourcing" 
                        Value="Outsourcing" SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg"></asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Photos.aspx" Text="Photos" Value="Photos" 
                        SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg">
                    </asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem Text="Photo Gallery" Value="Photo Gallery" 
                        NavigateUrl="~/PhotoGallery.aspx" 
                        SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg"></asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Contact.aspx" Text="Contact" Value="Contact" 
                        SeparatorImageUrl="~/Images/Menu_Separator.jpg">
                    </asp:MenuItem>
                    <asp:MenuItem Text="Web Management" Value="Web Management" 
                        NavigateUrl="~/WebManagement/UBO_CMS.aspx"></asp:MenuItem>
                </Items>
            </asp:Menu>

Please change StaticItemFormatString as  StaticItemFormatString="  {0}  "

your menu item text should be like Web Design

 asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/WebDesign.aspx" Text="Web Design"    

Usha82:

StaticItemFormatString="  {0}  "

Now that I have seen your answer, I also have a clearer understanding of how the StaticFormatString works...Thanks