Accessing the original menu item object during select event

[Elan]

Hi,

I am trying to specify a value with the menu item when I add it to the menu. When I inspect the menu.dataSource I can see the value I specified during initialization, however I don't see a way to associate the select event's e.item object to the menu.dataSource[N] object that the li was created from.

My goal is to store a value with each menu item that is NOT the text of the menu.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Thanks,

Elan

[Kamen Bundev]

Hello Elan,

Unfortunately currently there's no integrated way to access the dataSource item on select. This feature will come naturally with the introduction of a hierarchical structures support in Kendo DataSource and the possibility to bind Menu and PanelBar to it, since every item in the DataSource receives an unique ID which you can use to access it.

That said, it is possible to access the initial menu item in the dataSource option JSON with some javascript/jQuery magic. Check the following jsFiddle for how you can do it:


Regards,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

[Rob]

I added the following code to open a dialog window for an about button on my main menu...

if(dataItem.value == "about")
{
var window = $("#aboutWindow").data("kendoWindow");
window.center();
window.open();
}


$("#aboutWindow").kendoWindow({
actions: ["Refresh", "Maximize", "Minimize", "Close"],
title: "About this app",
visible: false,
draggable: true,
height: "300px",
modal: true,
resizable: false,
width: "500px"
});

[Victor Zhang]

I am using the following code to create menu dynamically. 
                $.getJSON("web api url",
                    function (data) {
                        menu.append(data);
                    }

Your technique does not work because menu.options.dataSource is null in select event. please help

[Josh]

I'm still using this technique to get a selected items associated datasource data. Any update on when, or if, this will change?

[Kamen Bundev]

Hello Joshua,

No, HierarchicalDataSource support is not yet available for Kendo Menu. Unfortunately I can't give you a time frame either, as there is not much interest shown about this in our Kendo UserVoice feedback page.

Regards,
Kamen Bundev
Telerik