The close event is called every time when something from the menu is clicked. In the example, if the "About" menu item is selected then the menu is not going to close.
I hope this helps. Let me know if I am missing something or if further assistance is required for this case, could you provide some more details about the use case scenario. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Martin
Progress Telerik
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