Data Binding

The ContextMenu provides Model Binding for binding it to data:

Model Binding

The Telerik UI ContextMenu enables you to bind it to a hierarchical model.

1. Declare the model you wish to use for the View.

   @model IEnumerable<ModelBindingDemo.Models.Category>
   

2. Add the ContextMenu.

   @model IEnumerable<ModelBindingDemo.Models.Category>
   
   <div id="target">Click to open</div>
   
   @(Html.Kendo().ContextMenu()
           .Name("contextmenu")
           .Target("#target")
           .ShowOn("click")
           .BindTo(Model, mappings =>
           {
               mappings.For<ModelBindingDemo.Models.Category>(binding => binding
                       .ItemDataBound((item, category) =>
                       {
                           item.Text = category.CategoryName;
                       })
                       .Children(category => category.Products));
               mappings.For<ModelBindingDemo.Models.Product>(binding => binding
                       .ItemDataBound((item, product) =>
                       {
                           item.Text = product.ProductName;
                       }));
           })
   )
   

   public class ContextMenuController : BaseController
   {
   
       public ActionResult ModelBinding()
       {
           var model = new List<Category>()
           {
               new Category
               {
                   CategoryID = 1,
                   CategoryName = "Item 1",
                   Products = new List<Product>
                       {
                           new Product { ProductID = "1" , ProductName = "SubItem 1" },
                           new Product { ProductID = "2" , ProductName = "SubItem 2" },
                           new Product { ProductID = "3" , ProductName = "SubItem 3" }
                       }
               },
               new Category
               {
                   CategoryID = 2,
                   CategoryName = "Item 2",
                   Products = new List<Product>
                       {
                           new Product { ProductID = "1" , ProductName = "SubItem 1" },
                           new Product { ProductID = "2" , ProductName = "SubItem 2" },
                           new Product { ProductID = "3" , ProductName = "SubItem 3" }
                       }
               }
           };
   
           return View(model);
       }
   }
   

See Also

• Server-Side API