Working With Items at Client-side

RadMenu for ASP.NET AJAX provides a client-side API for adding, deleting and disabling items.By using the trackChanges and commitChanges methods of the client-side RadMenu object, these changes can persist after a postback.

The Menu items in Mobile render mode are of type Telerik.Web.UI.MobileMenuItem.

Adding Items

To add an item, use the add or insert method of the itemcollection:

JavaScript

function AddNewItems()
{    
    var menuItemClass = Telerik.Web.UI.RadMenuItem || Telerik.Web.UI.MobileMenuItem;
    var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>"); 
    var rootItem = new menuItemClass();  
    rootItem.set_text("New Root Item");  
    var childItem = new menuItemClass();  
    childItem.set_text("New Child Item");  
    var firstChild = new menuItemClass();  
    firstChild.set_text("New First Child");   
    menu.trackChanges();  
    menu.get_items().add(rootItem);  
    rootItem.get_items().add(childItem);  
    menu.get_items().getItem(0).get_items().insert(0, firstChild);  
    menu.commitChanges();       
}			

Removing items

Use the remove or removeAt method of the item collection to removeitems:

JavaScript

function RemoveItem()
{  
    var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");  
    var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("delete me");
    if (menuItem)  
    {    
        var parentItem = menuItem.get_parent();    
        menu.trackChanges();    
        parentItem.get_items().remove(menuItem);
        // or parentItem.get_items().removeAt(menuItem.get_index());
        menu.commitChanges();
    }
}		

Enabling and Disabling items

Use the disable and enable methods of the item collection to disable or enable items:

JavaScript

function DisableItem() {
    var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
    var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("disable me");
    if (menuItem) {
        menu.trackChanges();
        menuItem.disable();
        menu.commitChanges();
    }
}
function EnableItem()
{
    var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
    var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("enable me");
    if (menuItem && !menuItem.get_isEnabled()) {
        menu.trackChanges();
        menuItem.enable();
        menu.commitChanges();
    }
}

For more information about adding, removing, and disabling items in client-side code,see Add/Remove/Disable Items.

See Also

• Working With Items at Server-side

• Overview

• Overview