[Solved] Binding to MVC menu with a template issue

[kris]

                                                 I would like to override the ActionLink default menu item. I've tried the following code (and would actually like to use the commented out part) to no avail.
I got past duplicate variable compile errors (there is another menu in the master page) by changing the linq variable names.
Now I get nothing displayed at all. All of the examples I have seen manually add the menu items to the menu, none of the examples have the ItemDataBound.
Please help me understand what I am doing wrong. Thanks

@(Html.Telerik().Menu()
            .Name("Menu")
            .BindTo(Model.MenuItems, mappings =>
            {
                mappings.For<ExplorerToolbarDataViewModel>(binding => binding
                .ItemDataBound((explorerItem, explorerMenuItem) =>
                {
                    explorerItem.Content = () =>
                                               {
                                                   MvcHtmlString.Create(string.Format("<input type='image' src="~/Content/images/toolbar-placeholder.gif" value='{0}' id='{1}' class='{2}' onclick=\"$('#{3}').val('{4}')\" />",
                                                       explorerMenuItem.Name,
                                                       explorerMenuItem.Id,
                                                       explorerMenuItem.LinkHtmlAttributes.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Key == "class"),
                                                       explorerMenuItem.UpdateTargetId,
                                                       explorerMenuItem.Command));
                                               };
                }));
            }))
        @*<input type='image' value='@explorerMenuItem.Name' id='@explorerMenuItem.Id' class='@explorerMenuItem.LinkHtmlAttributes.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Key == "class")' onclick="$('#@explorerMenuItem.UpdateTargetId').val('@explorerMenuItem.Command')" />*@

        @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Command, new { id = "cmc_explorer_toolbar_command" })
        @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.ExplorerPath, new { id = "cmc_explorer_toolbar_path" })
        @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.ExplorerType, new { id = "cmc_explorer_toolbar_type" })

 

public class ExplorerToolbarViewModel : ToolbarViewModel
    {
        public ExplorerToolbarViewModel()
        {
            this.MenuItems = new Collection<ExplorerToolbarDataViewModel>();
        }

        public new Collection<ExplorerToolbarDataViewModel> MenuItems { get; set; }

        public string ExplorerPath { get; set; }

        public string Command { get; set; }

        public ExplorerObjectType ExplorerType { get; set; }
    }