RadMenuItem OnClient events anyone?

[Tom M]

So I have started working with RadMenu for the first time. It seems you can set an OnClientItemClicking event for the RadMenu, but not the RadMenuItems. Unless I'm missing something, I will have to put all the client-side onClicking logic into one function....does anyone else wish that RadMenuItems had their very own OnClient events?

~Tom

[Peter]

Hello Tom,

Yes, you understanding of the client side events is correct. Currently, we don't have plans to change the existing implementation of this. Note, that the second argument of your client side handlers carries data about the item so the current implementation should not pose any limitations for RadMenu related to its client-side capability. For example, consider OnClientItemClicking:

<script type="text/javascript">
function onClicking(sender, eventArgs)
{
  var item = eventArgs.get_item();
  var navigateUrl = item.get_navigateUrl();
  if (navigateUrl && navigateUrl != "#")
  {
    var proceed = confirm("Navigate to "+ navigateUrl + " ?");
    if (!proceed)
    {
      eventArgs.set_cancel(true);
    }
    else
    {
      eventArgs.set_cancel(false);
    }
  }
}
</script>

Feel free to contact us if you have further questions.

Greetings,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Tom M]

Thanks for your reply Peter. I guess the only benefit to RadMenuItems having their own events would be slightly cleaner client-side code. As you mentioned, however, there are no limitations with the current implementation. I just plan on doing something like...

<script type="text/javascript">
function onClicking(sender, eventArgs)
{
  var item = eventArgs.get_item();
  if (item.get_value() == "myValue") {
     //logic to handle click for myValue
  }

  if (item.get_value() == "myOtherValue") {
     //logic to handle click for myOtherValue
  }

  //etc...
}
</script>

Regards,
Tom

[Peter]

Right. Using 'if' checks is the way to go.


Greetings,
Peter
the Telerik team