PRB: Properties Window Displays First Paragraph Tag Property When You Modify an ASP.NET Control Property

• Instead of selecting the property value from the list, click the property, and then press the DOWN ARROW key to move to the next value of the property.
• If possible, remove the paragraph tags. If you cannot remove the paragraph tags, make sure that the first pair do not enclose a control. Instead, make sure the first pair is are grouped together (<P></P>).
• Select the ASP.NET server control again, and then modify the property again.

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. In Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, create a new ASP.NET Web Application Project by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# .NET. By default, WebForm1.aspx is created.
2. Right-click the WebForm1.aspx page, and then click Properties.
3. Under Page Layout, select FlowLayout, and then click OK.
4. Drag a Label control from the Toolbox to WebForm1.aspx.
5. Right-click WebForm1.aspx, and then click View HTML Source.
6. Add paragraph tags around the control as follows:

   <P><asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server">Label</asp:Label></P>

7. In the Toolbox, click the Data tab, and then add an object such as a SqlDataAdapter object. By default, SqlDataAdapter1 is created.
8. Switch from Design view of WebForm1.aspx to HTML view, and then switch back to Design view.
9. Select and right-click SqlDataAdapter1, and then click Properties.
10. Edit any of the properties that have a combo box, and then select any property. For example, select MissingMappingAction, expand the list, and then select Passthrough.

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