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methods

Closes a sub-menu of a specified item(s) in a Menu.

close

Parameters:elementString|Element|jQuery

Target item selector.

Returns:kendo.ui.Menu

Returns the Menu object to support chaining.

<ul id="menu">
    <li id="Item1">Item 1
        <ul>
            <li>Sub Item 1</li>
            <li>Sub Item 2</li>
            <li>Sub Item 3</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Item 2
        <ul>
            <li>Sub Item 1</li>
            <li>Sub Item 2</li>
            <li>Sub Item 3</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>
<script>
    //intialize the menu widget
    $("#menu").kendoMenu();
    // get a reference to the menu widget
    var menu = $("#menu").data("kendoMenu");

    // close the sub menu of "Item1"
    menu.close("#Item1");
</script>