How to use LinkButton controls instead of regular links

[Joe Gubbins]

I would like to change all the menu items that have a URL value to be LinkButtons instead of hyperlinks. That way, every time someone goes to another page, the master page form gets submitted. This will allow me to keep a hidden field persistent for all pages. Normally, I would use a session variable to accomplish this task, but we have a request to allow multiple tabs to be opened for the same site and allow the user to use the different tabs to work through different workflows without one tab affecting the other. I thought I could use the ItemTemplate section to change the links to linkbuttons, but I don't know how to structure it.

 

Thanks.

[Joe Gubbins]

I forgot to mention, I'm loading the menu from XML data, if that makes a difference.

[Peter Milchev]

Hello Joe,

Using the LinkButton will skip all of the RadMenu events, both client-side and server-side. 

What I can suggest reviewing is using the NavigateUrl and doing your logic in the OnClientItemClicking event, where you can cancel the navigation and execute a custom script, similar to the one of the LinkButton:

• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/menu/client-side-programming/events/onclientitemclicking

On the templates themselves, you can use a Global template or add a dynamic template for each node:

• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/menu/templates/adding-templates-at-run-time;
• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/menu/templates/server-templates

Regards,
Peter Milchev
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