RadMenuItem Object

Updated on Aug 24, 2026

The RadMenuItem object is returned by the getItem method of the RadMenuItemCollection object. It is also exposed by the eventArgs of many client-side events. The following table lists the most important methods:

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
disable	none	none	Disables the item. See Example 1.
enable	none	none	Enables the item if it is disabled. See Example 2.
get_isEnabled	none	Boolean	Returns true if both the item and the menu are enabled. If one of them is disabled, get_isEnabled() will return false.
get_enabled	none	Boolean	Same as get_isEnabled.
set_enabled	Boolean	none	Sets the enabled state of the item.
focus	none	none	Moves focus to the item. See Example 3.
blur	none	none	Removes focus from the item. See Example 4.
focusPreviousItem	none	none	Moves focus to the previous item.
focusNextItem	none	none	Moves focus to the next item.
focusFirstChild	none	none	Moves focus to the first child of the item.
focusLastChild	none	none	Moves focus to the last child of the item.
get_focusedItem	none	RadMenuItem	Gets the focused child item. Null if no child item is focused.
get_focused	none	Boolean	Indicates whether the menu item is focused.
set_focused	none	none	Sets focus to the item.
get_items	none	RadMenuItemCollection	Gets the child items of the current item.
get_nextItem	none	RadMenuItem	Returns the next sibling of the item. If the item is last, returns null.
get_previousItem	none	RadMenuItem	Returns the previous sibling of the item. If the item is first, returns null.
get_openedItem	none	RadMenuItem	Gets the opened child item. Null if no child item is opened.
get_parent	none	RadMenu, RadContextMenu or RadMenuItem	Returns an instance of the parent object. RadMenu or RadContextMenu if this is a root item, RadMenuItem if it is a child item.
get_menu	none	RadMenu or RadContextMenu	Returns an instance of the menu that contains the item.
get_index	none	Integer	Gets the zero based index of the item inside the parent items collection.
get_level	none	Integer	Gets the level of the item. Root level items are first level.
get_attributes	(none)	Collection	Returns the collection of custom attributes for the item. See Example 5.
open	none	none	Expands the item and reveals its children, if any.
close	none	none	Collapses the item, if it is expanded.
click	none	none	Performs a click on the menu item. It can cause postback, but it will not redirect to another page. See this example.
get_visible	none	boolean	Returns true if the items is visible or false if the item is invisible.
set_visible	boolean	none	Sets the visibility of the item
show	none	none	Shows the item if it was set invisible on the client. The same as set_visible(true)
hide	none	none	Hides the item. The same as set_visible(false)
set_text	string text	none	Sets the text of the item.
get_text	none	string text	Returns the text of the item.
set_value	string value	none	Sets the Value property of the item.
get_value	none	string value	Returns the Value property of the item.
get_isSeparator	none	boolean	Returns true the item is a separator (sever-side property IsSeparator = true)
get_navigateUrl	none	string	Gets the URL of the Web page the menu item launches.
set_navigateUrl	string	none	Sets the navigateURL property of the item. This is the URL of the Web page the menu item launches and it must be an absolute URL on the client side: e.g., http://mydomain.com/default.aspx not default.aspx. See Example 6.
set_imageUrl	(string imageUrl)	none	Sets the URL of the image.
get_imageUrl	none	(string imageUrl)	Gets the URL of the image.
set_hoveredImageUrl	(string imageUrl)	none	Sets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the item.
get_hoveredImageUrl	none	(string imageUrl)	Gets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the item.
get_element	none	HTML Element	Gets the root DOM element of the item (LI).
get_linkElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the anchor DOM element of the item (A).
get_imageElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the image DOM element of the item. If the server side ImageUrl property is not set,returns null.
get_textElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the DOM element of the item text (SPAN).
get_childListElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the DOM element of the list of child items (UL).
findControl	string	object	Returns the object nested in the item's template
get_selected	none	Boolean	Returns whether the item is selected
set_selected	Boolean	none	Sets the selected property of the item.
get_selectedImageUrl	none	(string imageURL)	Gets the value of the SelectedImageUrl property
set_selectedImageUrl	string (imageUrl)	none	Sets the URL of the image displayed when the item is selected

Example 1: Disable the item.

JavaScript

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.disable();			

Example 2: Enable the item.

JavaScript

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.enable();		

Example 3: Focus the item.

JavaScript

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.focus();	

Example 4: Blur the item.

JavaScript

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.blur();

Example 5: Get and set the item's custom attributes.

JavaScript

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var foundItem = menu.findItemByAttribute("Population", "0");
var attributes = foundItem.get_attributes();
var size = attributes.getAttribute("size");
if (size) {
    attributes.setAttribute("Population", size);
    attributes.removeAttribute("size");
}
else {
    attributes.setAttribute("Population", "Unknown");
}			

See Also

• RadMenu and RadContextMenu Objects

• Overview

• Overview

• Working With Items at Client-side