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Access parent item value in child binding

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Donna Stewart
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Donna Stewart asked on 07 Jan 2014, 04:34 AM
I need the parent's item while binding the child item setting it's action.  I need to pass the categoryName from the category (parent) on the child action call.  Is this possible?  If so, how?  Any help is very much appreciated!

Here is the panelbar code:
@(Html.Kendo().PanelBar()
.Name("MainMenu")
.ExpandMode(PanelBarExpandMode.Single)
.BindTo(Model, mappings =>
    {
        mappings.For<GMCWeb.Areas.bi.Models.ReportCategory>(binding => binding
            .ItemDataBound((item, category) =>
                {
                    item.Text = "<div class='row'><div class='col-md-9'>" + category.categoryName + "</div><div class='col-md-3 menu-arrow'><i class='fa fa-arrow-circle-right fa-2x'></i></div></div>";
                    item.Encoded = false;
                })
                .Children(category => category.reportCategories));
        mappings.For<GMC.CustomerInformation.DashboardParameters.ReportCategoryInformation>(binding => binding
            .ItemDataBound(
            (item, reportCategory) =>
               {
               item.Text = reportCategory.ReportCategoryName;
               item.Enabled = !reportCategory.Disabled;
               item.Action("GetReports", "Home", new RouteValueDictionary { { "category", category.categoryName } });
               }));    
    }))

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Georgi Krustev
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answered on 08 Jan 2014, 03:05 PM
Hello Donna,

The MenuItem has a reference to its parent through the Parent property. You can get the parent menu item like this:
.ItemDataBound((item, product) =>
{
    var parent = item.Parent;
                         
    item.Text = product.ProductName + " " + parent.Enabled.ToString();
}));

At this point the parent data item (in your case category) is no longer available. The only way to retrieve it is to find it manually.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
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answered on 08 Jan 2014, 03:33 PM
Thank you!
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