ContextMenu HtmlHelper Overview

The Telerik UI ContextMenu HtmlHelper for ASP.NET Core is a server-side wrapper for the Kendo UI ContextMenu widget.

The ContextMenu displays hierarchical data as a multi-level menu in a popup. It provides rich styling for unordered lists of items, and can be used for both navigation and execution of JavaScript commands.

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• Demo page for the ContextMenu

Basic Usage

The following example demonstrates how to define the ContextMenu by using the ContextMenu HtmlHelper.

<div id="target">Click to open</div>

@(Html.Kendo().ContextMenu()
    .Name("contextmenu")
    .Target("#target")
    .ShowOn("click")
    .Items(items =>
    {
        items.Add()
            .Text("Furniture") //Add an item with the text "Item1".)
            .Items(children =>{
                children.Add().Text("Sofas");
                children.Add().Text("Chairs");
                children.Add()
                    .Text("Tables")
                    .Items(i =>{
                        i.Add().Text("Dinning Tables");
                        i.Add().Text("Coffee Tables");
                    })
                children.Add().Text("Accessories");
            });
        items.Add()
            .Text("Electronics"); //Add an item with the text "Item2".)
            .Items(children =>{
                children.Add().Text("TVs");
                children.Add().Text("Laptops");
            });
    })
)

Configuration

The following example demonstrates the basic configuration of the ContextMenu HtmlHelper and how to get the ContextMenu instance.

<div id="target">Click to open</div>

@(Html.Kendo().ContextMenu()
    .Name("contextmenu")
    .Target("#target")
    .ShowOn("click")
    .Items(items =>
    {
        items.Add().Text("Item 1")
            .ImageUrl(Url.Content("https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/shared/icons/sports/baseball.png"))
            .Items(children =>
            {
                children.Add().Text("Top News");
                children.Add().Text("Photo Galleries");
                children.Add().Separator(true);
                children.Add().Text("Videos Records");
                children.Add().Text("Radio Records");
            });
        items.Add().Text("Item 2")
            .ImageUrl(Url.Content("https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/shared/icons/sports/golf.png"))
            .Items(children =>
            {
                children.Add().Text("Top News");
                children.Add().Text("Photo Galleries");
                children.Add().Separator(true);
                children.Add().Text("Videos Records");
                children.Add().Text("Radio Records");
            });
        items.Add().Text("Item 3")
            .ImageUrl(Url.Content("https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/shared/icons/sports/swimming.png"))
            .Items(children =>
            {
                children.Add().Text("Top News");
                children.Add().Text("Photo Galleries");
            });
    })
    .Animation(animation =>
    {
        animation.Open(fade => fade.Fade(FadeDirection.In));
        animation.Open(open => open.Expand(ExpandDirection.Vertical));         
    })
    .HoverDelay(500)
    .Direction("left")
    .Orientation(ContextMenuOrientation.Horizontal)
    .Events(events => events
        .Open("onOpen")
    )
)

<script type="text/javascript">
    function onOpen() {
    // The Name() of the ContextMenu is used to get its instance.
    var menu = $("#contextmenu").data("kendoContextMenu");
    console.log(menu);
    }
</script>

Events

You can subscribe to all ContextMenu events.

By Handler Names

The following example demonstrates how to subscribe to events by a handler name.

<div id="target">Click to open</div>

@(Html.Kendo().ContextMenu()
        .Name("contextmenu")
        .Target("#target")
        .ShowOn("click")
        .Events(events => events
            .Open("openMenu")
            .Close("closeMenu")
            .Select("onSelect")
        )
)
<script>
    function openMenu(){
        // Handle the open event.
    }

    function closeMenu(){
        // Handle the close event.
    }

    function onSelect(){
        // Handle the select event.
    }
</script>

By Template Delegates

The following example demonstrates how to subscribe to events by a template delegate.

<div id="target">Click to open</div>

@(Html.Kendo().ContextMenu()
    .Name("contextmenu")
    .Target("#target")
    .ShowOn("click")
    .Events(events => events
        .Open(@<text>
            function(){
                // Handle the open event inline.
            }
        </text>)
        .Close(@<text>
            function(){
                // Handle the close event inline.
            }
        </text>)
    )
)

By HTML Attributes

The following example demonstrates how to subscribe to the select event of a single ContextMenu item.

<div id="target">Click to open</div>

@(Html.Kendo().ContextMenu()
    .Name("contextmenu")
    .Target("#target")
    .ShowOn("click")
    .Items(items =>
    {       
        items.Add().Text("First Item");
        items.Add().Text("Second Item").HtmlAttributes(new { @onclick = "alert('select');" });
    })
)

See Also

• Server-Side API