Sitemap Binding

The Menu enables you to create its items by setting a sitemap.

1. Make sure you followed all the steps from the introductory article on Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC.

2. Create a simple sitemap with the sample.sitemap file name at the root of the project.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <siteMap>
       <siteMapNode title="Home" controller="Home" action="Overview">
       <siteMapNode title="Grid">
           <siteMapNode controller="grid" action="index" title="First Look (Razor)" area="razor"/>
           <siteMapNode controller="grid" action="index" title="First Look (ASPX)" area="aspx"/>
       </siteMapNode>
       <siteMapNode title="Menu">
           <siteMapNode controller="menu" action="index" title="First Look (Razor)" area="razor"/>
           <siteMapNode controller="menu" action="index" title="First Look (ASPX)" area="aspx"/>
       </siteMapNode>
       </siteMapNode>
   </siteMap>
   

3. Load the sitemap using SiteMapManager.

       public ActionResult Index()
       {
           if (!SiteMapManager.SiteMaps.ContainsKey("sample"))
           {
               SiteMapManager.SiteMaps.Register<XmlSiteMap>("sample", sitmap => sitmap.LoadFrom("~/sample.sitemap"));
           }
           return View();
       }
   

4. Add a Menu.

       @(Html.Kendo().Menu()
           .Name("menu") // The name of the Menu is mandatory. It specifies the "id" attribute of the Menu.
           .BindTo("sample") // Bind to the sitemap with the name "sample".
       )
   

See Also

• Sitemap Binding by the Menu HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC (Demo)
• MenuItemBuilder Server-Side API
• MenuBuilder Server-Side API
• Menu Server-Side API