Kendo data-binding messes up the menu

[Evgueni]

I am using Kendo UI for JQuery and need to create a data-bound Kendo menu. By data bound, I mean that the items need to be data bound to an array property of a Kendo observable. The issue is that it appears that MVVM binding messes up formatting and functionality of the items. Here is my code (based on the example found in Kendo's documentation) :

 

<div id="example">
<div class="demo-section k-content">
    <div>
        <h4>Select an item</h4>
        <ul  data-role="menu"
            data-bind="events: { select: onSelect },
                        visible: isVisible"
            style="width: 100%;">
            <li>
                Products
                <ul data-template="menu-item-template" data-bind="source: items">
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

<script id="menu-item-template" type="text/x-kendo-template">
  <li data-bind="text: text"></li>
</script>

<script>
    var viewModel = kendo.observable({
        isVisible: true,
        items: ["Product1", "Product2", "Product3"],
        onSelect: function (e) {
            var text = $(e.item).children(".k-link").text();
            kendoConsole.log("event :: select(" + text + ")");
        }
    });
    kendo.bind($("#example"), viewModel);
</script>
<style>
    .demo-section .box-col li {
        margin-bottom: 0;
    }
</style>

The result of executing this code looks like this:

Notice how the formatting of the items is messed up (no margins, etc.).

 

Do you know what's the proper way to combine data binding and Kendo menu?

 

Thank you!

[Martin]

Hello, Evgueni

Source binding is not supported by the Menu. A possible approach would be to bind the widget to an existing Hierarchical DataSource as in this example. The other option is to implement a Custom Binding as shown in this article.

Regards,
Martin
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