set ExpandDirection client-side

[Albert Shenker]

I have an empty menu declaration and I add items to the menu client-side in response to various JavaScript events. I would like the menu items to expand up. I tried setting the DefaultGroupSettings ExpandDirection but the menu items still expand down. I have also tried setting the expand direction on the dynamically-added root menu items client-side, but I don't know if my syntax is right and this doesn't appear to work:

<telerik:RadMenu ID="rmTaskMenu"
                                                    runat="server"
                                                    EnableRoundedCorners="true"
                                                    EnableShadows="true"
                                                    style="position:absolute;"
                                                    OnClientItemClicked="TaskMenuClickedHandler_D">
                                        <DefaultGroupSettings ExpandDirection="Up" />
                                    </telerik:RadMenu>

function CreateItem_D(text, value) {

                var menuItem = new Telerik.Web.UI.RadMenuItem();
                menuItem.set_text(text);
                menuItem.set_value(value);

                return menuItem;
            }

function AddRootMenuItem_D(menu, category) {


                 var  categoryMenuItem = CreateItem_D(category, 'Category_' + category);
                 categoryMenuItem.get_attributes().setAttribute("category", category);

                 categoryMenuItem.get_groupSettings().set_expandDirection('Up'); // is this the correct syntax? If so, it isn't working

                 menu.get_items().add(categoryMenuItem);

                return categoryMenuItem;



            }

[Shinu]

Hi Albert,

The set_expandDirection() does not accept string arguments like you have given. The Expand Direction can be set from JavaScript as follows.

JavaScript:

menuItem._groupSettings.set_expandDirection(1);  //accept integer argument


Setting set_expandDirection(1) will expand the menu upwards and set_expandDirection(2) will expand the menu downwards. Please have a look at this demo on RadMenu Expand Direction.

Thanks,
Shinu.