Hi guys,

For formatting and styling my GridView control and DetailsView, should I use Skin in theme or a css file.

I was looking around there is a ASP.NET CSS Adaptor or you can use skin. I create a skin for my GridViews, but is there any difference in which to use ... ?

Thanks 4 ur help in advance,
Mehdi

Use the ASP.NET CSS Adapters or Try using both Skins and CSS.

Use a skin to hook CSS selectors (like ID and Class) into your ASP.NET controls, then use a Cascading Style Sheet to set your display properties.

Skins depend on the Style attributes just like Style Sheets, It's not really a case of Skins Vs CSS because without Styles we couldn't have Skins.

A Skin based approach contributes to code bloat since most ASP.NET generated style attributes are rendered into CSS inline styles. A StyleSheet based approach contributes to leaner markup, makes better use of caching, contributes to a faster loading page, can be reused across sites (independent of the programming language or platform), and can easily be maintained by web designers.