RadMenu for ASP.NET
Table of Contents
  • At a glance
  • How RadMenu compares to ASP.NET Menu
  • What's new
  • Licensing
  • Installation and deployment
  • DNN
  • Feature overview
  • Getting Started
  • New to Telerik RadMenu?
  • Already using the control
  • AJAX support
  • Templates
  • Context Menu
  • Custom Attributes
  • ASP.NET 2.0 features
  • Defining the Telerik RadMenu structure
  • Data Binding
  • Controlling the visual appearance
  • Example scenarios (How to)
  • Telerik RadMenu client-side
  • Telerik RadMenu server-side
  • Troubleshooting
  • API Reference
  • Get more help
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Glossary Item Box

This topic shows how to create a simple menu only in design-time.

Creating a simple menu

  1.  Drag and drop a menu instance onto the page
  2. Build the menu through the Telerik RadMenu Builder
  4. Click the menu Smart Tag anchor
  5. Choose Build RadMenu 
  6. Add menu items through the Telerik RadMenu Builder
  7. Press OK to confirm
  8. Apply Skin to the control using the Auto Format dialog box
  10. Choose Auto Format from the Smart Tag
  11. Select the desired Skin from the Auto Format dialog box
  12.   The changed appearance will be reflected in design time right away

  13. Set the ClickToOpen property to true to make the child items open upon clicking a root item
  15. Right-click the menu instance and select Properties
  16. The Properties dialog will pop up
  18. Enable the ClickToOpen property


  19. The final result will be (an item should be clicked to open its children)

 

Binding Telerik RadMenu to an AccessDataSource

  1. Drag and drop an AccessDataSource control onto the page where the menu resides
  2. Configure the AccessDataSource through its Smart Tag
  4. Press the Smart Tag anchor and then Configure DataSource
  5. Browse the Access Data File and pressNext to confirm
  6. Specify the columns from a table and press Next to confirm
  7. Press Finish


  8.  Choose the DataSource for Telerik RadMenu through the Telerik RadMenu Smart Tag
  9. In the Telerik RadMenu properties grid set the DataFieldId, DataFieldParentId and DataTextField
  10. The final result is looking like