I'm tyring to add some borders to the LeftPane and RightPane.  Using a table I have created additional cells surrounding the pane and added the images to those cells, thus bordering the pane's.  However, if there is nothing added to that pane I would like it to be hidden and would like the surrounding cells to be hidden as well.  Without adding runat="server" to the surrounding cells how can I accomplish this?

I've considered two methods:

1.  dynamically load a skin based on server side code.  However I have been unable to dynamically load skin  here's my attempt:

    Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
   
        Dim link As HtmlLink = New HtmlLink
        link.Attributes.Add("type", "text/css")
        link.Attributes.Add("rel", "stylesheet")
        link.Attributes.Add("href", "cssTest.css")
        Me.Page.Header.Controls.Add(link)
       
    End Sub

2.  My other thought was to use server side code to make the client elements hidden.  However, I don't know how to do that.

Any help is appreciated.

It's easier then you think.

An empty pane gets a class "DNNEmptyPane" and if you set the border to 0 for that class (below the border for not empty panes) you should be fine

(BTW, you must define your pane without any spaces between opening and closing tag or the class will not get rendered)

Ok, sorry, I didn't read your post correctly. I think you would have to use JS to do that.

 Why don't you use a background-image for the TD as the border then you shouldn't have to hide the cell next to the pane?