How to get rid of the “default” form-element from a .aspx-page?

Question

As that web-standards geek I am, I dislike the default

that surrounds my entire webpages. I\'ve seen many ASP.NET based webpages that

Answer 1

The form element is essential for ASP.NET to work correctly. It is necessary to post the user-input back to the webserver.

I suggest you take a look at the ASP.NET viewstate to understand how this works..

The only scenario in which you can remove that element, is when using purely static HTML inside the .aspx file.