Kendo Menu as a custom client template on a toolbar for a grid

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Cynthia
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Cynthia asked on 17 Oct 2025, 05:11 PM

I am trying to put an "action" menu on the toolbar of my grid.  I have used a dropdownlist as is shown on your examples.  The issue that I have with this is that action menus have a placeholder because all of the menu items have equal importance so no one menu item is the default.  So I have rigged up menu like events with my javascript but it is still not ideal since the "placeholder" is a selectable list item.  So then I had the brilliant idea of using telerik's menu within my custom client template.  Easy peasy.  Right? No, the dropdown or the .k-animation-container .k-animation-container-shown's z-order is 10002 and no matter how hard I try I can't get it to change and the dropdown is hidden by the grid header.

I was left to wonder if it is because it is limited to the confines of the toolbar.  I am open to suggestions.  I would hate to have to go back to the clunky dropdownlist option.  Here's my code:

<style>
    .k-animation-container, .k-animation-container-shown{
        z-index: 30000 !important;
    }
</style>
@(
Html.Kendo().Grid<CommunityAssociationMasterModel>()
    .Name("CommunityAssociationMasterList")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(p => p.DistrictCode).Title("District").Width(70);
        columns.Bound(p => p.IndexNumber).Title("Index").Width(100);
        columns.Bound(p => p.CreditName).Title("Credit");
        columns.Command(command => { command.Destroy(); }).Width(210);
    })
    .ToolBar(toolbar => { 
        toolbar.Create().Text("Add Credit Account"); 
        toolbar.Excel();
        toolbar.Spacer();
        toolbar.Custom().ClientTemplate(
            Html.Kendo().Template()
            .AddComponent(c => c
                .Menu()
                .Name("actionmenu")
                .Items(items =>
                {
                    items.Add().Text("Master List Action")
                    .Items(children =>
                    {
                        children.Add().Text("Import");
                        children.Add().Separator(true);
                        children.Add().Text("Delete");
                    });
                })                           
                .Events(e => e.Select("actionSelected"))
                .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 200px;" })
            )
        );

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