Dynamically update a label inside a RadMenuItem

[Evelyne Schreiner]

Hi,

I'm setting a menu using the "mega drop-down" sample. The menu and sitemap are working fine but I'd like to dynamically update a part of the menu items.

I'm binding some content from the siteMap on the left of the menuItem and, on the right, I want to dynamicall add some text:
 

                <telerik:RadMenuItem Text="Home" PostBack="false" CssClass="menuOff" ClickedCssClass="menuOn"  SelectedCssClass="menuOn" FocusedCssClass="menuOn" ExpandedCssClass="menuOn">
                    <Items>
                        <telerik:RadMenuItem CssClass="">
                                <ItemTemplate>
                                <div class="menuContent">
                                        <div class="menuLeftPart">
                                        <div id="menuSiteMap">
                                             <telerik:RadSiteMap runat="server" ID="RadSiteMapHome" Skin=""  DataSourceID="RadSiteMapData0" Width="640px" CssClass="leSiteMap" EnableTheming="false">
                                                <DefaultLevelSettings>
                                                    <NodeTemplate>
                                                        <a class="siteMapLink" href='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "url") %>'>
                                                            <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "title") %>
                                                        </a>
                                                    </NodeTemplate>
                                                </DefaultLevelSettings>
                                            </telerik:RadSiteMap>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="menuRightPart">[Insert HTML code here dynamically]</div>
                                </div>
                            </ItemTemplate>
                        </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                    </Items>
                </telerik:RadMenuItem>

I've tried using a "Label" but cannot access it from my code-behind (vb.net). Is it protected because it is inside the RadMenuItem ?

Thank you for your help.

[Yana]

Hi Evelyne,

Please check this help article which explains how to access the nested inside item template controls.

Best regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

[Evelyne Schreiner]

That's exactly what I needed. Thank you for the fast answer, Yana.