NavigationNode Object

The NavigationNode object is returned by the getNode method of the NavigationNodeCollection object. The following table lists the most important methods:

 

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
get_enabled	none	Boolean	Returns true if the node is enabled, false if it is disabled.
get_enabled	none	Boolean	Same as get_isEnabled.
set_enabled	Boolean	none	Sets the enabled state of the node.
focus	none	none	Moves the focus to the node. See Example 1.
blur	none	none	Removes focus from the node. See Example 2.
get_nodes	none	NodeCollection	Gets the child nodes of the current node.
get_nextNode	none	NavigationNode	Returns the next sibling of the node. If the item is last, returns the first node in the NodeCollection.
get_nextSibling	none	NavigationNode	Returns the next sibling of the item. If the node is last, returns null.
get_previousNode	none	NavigationNode	Returns the previous sibling of the node. If the item is first, returns the last node in the NodeCollection.
get_previousSibling	none	NavigationNode	Returns the previous sibling of the item. If the node is first, returns null.
get_expandedNode	none	NavigationNode	Gets the expanded child node. Null if no child node is expanded.
get_parent	none	RadNavigation or NavigationNode	Returns an instance of the parent object. RadNavigation if this is a root node, NavigationNode if it is a child node.
get_navigation	none	RadNavigation	Returns an instance of the RadNavigation that contains the node.
get_index	none	Integer	Gets the zero based index of the node inside the parent NodeCollection.
get_level	none	Integer	Gets the level of the node. Root level nodes are level 0.
expand	none	none	Expands the node and reveals its children, if any.
collapse	none	none	Collapses the node, if it is expanded.
get_visible	none	boolean	Returns true if the node is visible or false if it is invisible.
set_visible	boolean	none	Sets the visibility of the node
get_text	none	string text	Returns the text of the node.
set_text	string text	none	Sets the text of the node.
get_navigateUrl	none	none	Returns the value of the node's navigateURL property. This is the URL of the Web page the node launches on click.
set_navigateUrl	string	none	Sets the navigateURL property of the node. This is the URL of the Web page the node launches on click. The navigateUrl property must be an absolute URL on the client side: e.g., http://mydomain.com/default.aspx not default.aspx.
get_imageUrl	none	(string imageUrl)	Gets the URL of the image.
set_imageUrl	(string imageUrl)	none	Sets the URL of the image.
get_hoveredImageUrl	none	(string imageUrl)	Gets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the node.
set_hoveredImageUrl	(string imageUrl)	none	Sets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the node.
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 node is selected
get_element	none	HTML Element	Gets the root DOM element of the node (LI).
get_linkElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the anchor DOM element of the node (a).
get_imageElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the image DOM element of the node. If the server side ImageUrl property is not set,returns undefined.
get_textElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the DOM element of the node text (span).
get_childListElement	none	HTML Element	Gets the DOM element of the list of child nodes (UL).
get_selected	none	Boolean	Returns whether the node is selected
set_selected	Boolean	none	Sets the selected property of the node.

Example 1: Focus a node.

JavaScript

var nav = $find("<%= RadNavigation1.ClientID %>");
var node = nav.findNodeByText("Products");
node.focus();	

Example 2: Blur a node.

JavaScript

var nav = $find("<%= RadNavigation1.ClientID %>");
var node = nav.findNodeByText("Products");
node.blur();

See Also

• NavigationNodeCollection Object

• RadNavigation Objects