Methods and Properties

RadMenu Properties and Methods

RadMenu has a number of useful properties methods for iteracting with the menu and items. The following table lists these properties:

Property	Type	Description
AccessKey	string	Sets or returns a String that represents the shortcut key, also known as the accelerator key, for a specified object.
AutoScrollMinimumHeight	int	The minimum available height that is needed to enable the auto-scroll.
AutoScrollMinimumWidth	int	The minimum available width that is needed to enable the auto-scroll.
ClearSelectedItem	void	Clears the selected item from the current RadMenu instance. Very useful when you want to clear the selected item after a postback.
ClickToOpen	bool	Specifying if child items should open when the user clicks on their parent item, rather than just pointing the mouse over it.
ClientItemTemplate	string	Gets or sets the client template for displying the items of the RadMenu .
CollapseAnimation	AnimationSettings	Gets the settings for animation played when item closes.
CollapseDelay	string	Gets or sets the animation timeout after which the item starts to close.
EnableAutoScroll	bool	Gets or sets a value indicating if an automatic scroll is applied if the groups are larger then the screen height. To use this with RadContextMenu, define DefaultGroupSettings.Height.
EnableOverlay	bool	Gets or sets a value indicating if an overlay should be rendered (only in Internet Explorer).
EnableRootItemScroll	bool	Gets or sets a value indicating if scroll is enabled for the root items.
EnableRoundedCorners	bool	Specifying if child items should have rounded corners.
EnableScreenBoundaryDetection	bool	Specifies where screen boundary detection is enabled or not.
EnableSelection	bool	Gets or sets a value indicating if the currently selected item will be tracked and highlighted.
EnableShadows	bool	Specifying if child items should have shadows.
EnableTextHTMLEncoding	bool	Specifies whether the text encoding when rendering menu item is enabled or not.
ExpandAnimation	AnimationSettings	Gets or sets a the animation settings when item closes.
ExpandDelay	int	Gets or sets a delay in milliseconds between the mouse entering a RadMenuItem and its child items starting to expand
Flow	ItemFlow	Gets or sets the orientation of the root items
Items	RadMenuItemCollection	Gets or sets RadMenuItemCollection that contains the root items of the RadMenu .
ItemTemplate	string	Gets or sets the template for displaying the items in RadMenu .
RenderMode	RenderMode	Specifies the RadMenu 's render mode. Using the LightWeight render mode will yield HTML5/CSS3 html and css.
SelectedItem	RadMenuItem	Gets a RadMenuItem object that represents the selected item in the RadMenu control.
SelectedValue	string	Gets the RadMenuItem.Value of the selected item.
ShowToggleHandle	bool	Gets the sets a value indicating whether a toggle handler is rendered when item has child items.

The following table lists most of the methods that RadMenu offers:

Property	Parameter	Return Value	Description
GetAllItems	none	IList	Returns a list of all items in the menu, flattening out the menu hierarchy.
FindItemByText	string	RadMenuItem	Returns the first item in the menu whose Text property matches the parameter.
FindItemByUrl	string	RadMenuItem	Returns the first item in the menu whose NavigateUrl property matches the parameter.
FindItemByValue	string	RadMenuItem	Returns the first item in the menu whose Value property matches the parameter.
LoadContentFile	string	none	Populates the RadMenu control from external XML file..
LoadXml	string	none	Loads the control from a XML file.

See Also

• Working With Items at Server-side

• RadMenuItemCollection Object

• RadMenu and RadContextMenu Objects