Asp.NET controls enables developers to build applications with graphical user interfaces. You use controls while creating ASP.NET Web pages and when the page is requested, this object render markup to a browser to display output. For example, Microsoft provides standard set of controls with Visual Studio such as buttons, check box, list,image label ,text boxes and more.
However there are numerous third party controls with wide range of features available for the development of asp.net applications. You can add a control to visual studio Toolbox and use it.
Here we are listing some of the best players in third party ASP.NET controls arena.
Telerik : $999
Telerik offer a wide range of tools for asp.net developers, including over 80 market leading controls that bring interactivity to your web applications. Their UI for Asp.Net Ajax have a lot of user-functions and great performance. The APIs are easy to learn and use. Telerik UI for ASP.NET are added automatically to the Visual Studio Toolbox during installation.They have excellent resources like demos, videos, forums etc. Their customer support is excellent and the components are updated constantly. They’re incredibly powerful, customizable, and easy to implement.
Telerik UI for Asp.Net Ajax include following Individual controls.
Scheduling
Scheduler
Gantt
Calendar
Spell Checking
Spell
Performance
Compression
StyleSheet Manager
Script Manager
File Upload & Management
Zip Library
Upload (Cloud)
Client Export Manager
File Explorer
Upload (Async)
Theming
Skin Manager
Form Decorator
Ajax
AJAX
XmlHttpPanel
Layout
Splitter
Dock
ToolTip
Page Layout
Window
Notification
MultiView
Device Detection Framework
Wizard
Data Visualization
Org Chart
Binary Image
Gauge
Map
Chart (HTML5)
Diagram
Rotator
Barcode
Data Management
ListView
PivotGrid
TreeList
DataForm
ClientDataSource
OData DataSource
ListBox
Grid
Data Pager
Filter
Editors
DropDownTree
Image Editor
Color Picker
Input
AutoCompleteBox
DropDownList
ComboBox
Social
Captcha
TagCloud
Rating
SocialShare
Media
LightBox
Media Player
Image Gallery
Navigation
SiteMap
Button
Menu
RibbonBar
PanelBar
TreeView
Tab Strip
SearchBox
ToolBar
Interactivity & UX
Persistence Framework
Progress Bar
Slider
DevExpress : $899.99
DevExpress is another feature rich and powerful control suites available in the market. They have an excellent set of tools and controls to add many useful features to Visual Studio. In addition to the ASP.NET Controls, they have other modules for all types of .NET development as well as cross platform web and mobile. You can install the full suite of tools for 30-day trial period. Their support team is very knowlegeable and provide ultimate support to developers. DevExpress ASP.NET Controls includes following Individual controls.
Grid View
Card View
Spreadsheet
Scheduler
Spell Checker
Rich Text Editor
Tree List
APP NAVIGATION
Cloud Control
Menu
Navigation Bar
Pager
Ribbon
SiteMap
Tab Control
Tree View
DATA NAVIGATION
Data View
News Control
REPORTING
Document Viewer
End-User Report Designer
Sparkline
Rich Text
Bar Code
Shapes
Chart
IMAGE NAVIGATION
Image Gallery
Image Zoom
Image Slider
HTML EDITING
HTML Editor
ANALYTICS
Charting
Gauge Controls
Pivot Grid
FILE MANAGEMENT
File Manager
Upload Control
LAYOUT
Docking
Form Layout
Responsive Panel
Splitter
MULTI-USE
Callback & Callback Panel
Hidden Field
Rating Control
Round Panel
Timer
DATA EDITORS
Binary Image
Button
Button Editor
Calendar
Captcha
Check Box
Color Picker
Combo Box
Date Editor
Dropdown Editor
Filter Control
Grid Lookup
List Editors
Progress Bar
Spin Editor
Text Box
Token Box
Track Bar
ComponentOne : $895
Componentone provides a variety of customizable controls that developers need to create high-performance, and even touch-enabled applications. It comes with number of different types of controls including GridView, Chart, Calendar, Scheduler, Rating, Exporting,
Printing, Reporting, Validation, etc.
Infragistics : $899
Infragistics .NET controls allow you to quickly build and style superior user experiences with stability. All Infragistics .NET controls are compatiblew ith Visual Studio 2012 – including design time, Toolbox and dialogs etc. All ASP.NET controls have been tested for cross-browser compatibility – including iPad and iPhone browsers. These controls are also Touch-friendly and support a range of gestures – like flicking, pinching, panning and zooming etc.
Following is the list of all ASP.NET Controls and they are constantly adding and enhancing their tool set.
Charts & Gauges
Chart
Gauge
Editors
Captcha
Date Picker
Editors
HTML Editor
Slider
Interactions
Dialog Window
Image Button
Progress Bar
Rating
Video Player
Web Upload
Hierarchical Data GridLayoutsGroup Box
Resizing Extender
Splitter
Tab
Frameworks
Calc Manager
Document Exporter
Documents Framework
Drag & Drop Framework
Excel Exporter
Excel Framework
Hierarchical Data Source
Persistence Framework
Script Manager
Word Framework
Word Exporter
Image ViewerMenusData Menu
Data Tree
Explorer BarSchedulesMonth Calendar
ScheduleStyling & ThemesApp Stylist
SyncFusion: $995
Like other tool suites, Syncfusion Essential Studio for ASP.NET MVC (for versions 3 and 4) includes a large set of useful controls for creating Web applications. The package includes a grid, chart, gauge, scheduling control, diagram control and almost four-dozen other controls,
GRIDS
Data Grid
Tree Grid
DATA VISUALIZATION
Chart
Diagramming
Maps
Treemap
Scheduler
Radial Gauge
LinearGauge
DigitalGauge
BulletGraph
Range Navigator
Barcode
Gantt
Tag Cloud
Dialog
File Explorer (Preview)
ListView
TileViewEDITORSTextbox
Autocomplete
Rich Textbox
Masked Textbox
Rating
Slider
DropDown List
Upload Box
Button
Checkbox
Radio Button
Split Button
Toggle Button
Color Picker
Date Picker
Time Picker
DateTime Picker
Captcha
Treeview
Menu
Toolbar
Ribbon
Rotator
Tab
Scroller
ListBox
RadialMenu (Preview)
NavigationDrawerNOTIFICATIONWaiting Popup
Progress Bar
Word
Presentation (Preview)BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEPivot Grid
OLAP Chart
OLAP Client
OLAP GaugeREPORTINGReport Viewer
Obout: Free
Obout provides another set of most flexible and easy to implement controls. Unlike many other controls, these are free to use. obout Suite contains many controls including:
- AJAX page
- grids
- charts
- calendars
- menus
- ASP TreeView
- Slide Menu
- PS exporters
- CAPTCHA
- explorer bars
- site Map, Polls
- Spellchecker
- Calendar
- New Postback and Splitter control and more.