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RadMenuItem Object

The RadMenuItem object is returned by the getItem method of the RadMenuItemCollection object. It is also exposed by the eventArgs of many client-side events. The following table lists the most important methods:

Name Parameters Return Type Description
disable none none Disables the item. See Example 1.
enable none none Enables the item if it is disabled. See Example 2.
get_isEnabled none Boolean Returns true if both the item and the menu are enabled. If one of them is disabled, get_isEnabled() will return false.
get_enabled none Boolean Same as get_isEnabled.
set_enabled Boolean none Sets the enabled state of the item.
focus none none Moves focus to the item. See Example 3.
blur none none Removes focus from the item. See Example 4.
focusPreviousItem none none Moves focus to the previous item.
focusNextItem none none Moves focus to the next item.
focusFirstChild none none Moves focus to the first child of the item.
focusLastChild none none Moves focus to the last child of the item.
get_focusedItem none RadMenuItem Gets the focused child item. Null if no child item is focused.
get_focused none Boolean Indicates whether the menu item is focused.
set_focused none none Sets focus to the item.
get_items none RadMenuItemCollection Gets the child items of the current item.
get_nextItem none RadMenuItem Returns the next sibling of the item. If the item is last, returns null.
get_previousItem none RadMenuItem Returns the previous sibling of the item. If the item is first, returns null.
get_openedItem none RadMenuItem Gets the opened child item. Null if no child item is opened.
get_parent none RadMenu, RadContextMenu or RadMenuItem Returns an instance of the parent object. RadMenu or RadContextMenu if this is a root item, RadMenuItem if it is a child item.
get_menu none RadMenu or RadContextMenu Returns an instance of the menu that contains the item.
get_index none Integer Gets the zero based index of the item inside the parent items collection.
get_level none Integer Gets the level of the item. Root level items are first level.
get_attributes (none) Collection Returns the collection of custom attributes for the item. See Example 5.
open none none Expands the item and reveals its children, if any.
close none none Collapses the item, if it is expanded.
click none none Performs a click on the menu item. It can cause postback, but it will not redirect to another page. See this example.
get_visible none boolean Returns true if the items is visible or false if the item is invisible.
set_visible boolean none Sets the visibility of the item
show none none Shows the item if it was set invisible on the client. The same as set_visible(true)
hide none none Hides the item. The same as set_visible(false)
set_text string text none Sets the text of the item.
get_text none string text Returns the text of the item.
set_value string value none Sets the Value property of the item.
get_value none string value Returns the Value property of the item.
get_isSeparator none boolean Returns true the item is a separator (sever-side property IsSeparator = true)
get_navigateUrl none string Gets the URL of the Web page the menu item launches.
set_navigateUrl string none Sets the navigateURL property of the item. This is the URL of the Web page the menu item launches and it must be an absolute URL on the client side: e.g., http://mydomain.com/default.aspx not default.aspx. See Example 6.
set_imageUrl (string imageUrl) none Sets the URL of the image.
get_imageUrl none (string imageUrl) Gets the URL of the image.
set_hoveredImageUrl (string imageUrl) none Sets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the item.
get_hoveredImageUrl none (string imageUrl) Gets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the item.
get_element none HTML Element Gets the root DOM element of the item (LI).
get_linkElement none HTML Element Gets the anchor DOM element of the item (A).
get_imageElement none HTML Element Gets the image DOM element of the item. If the server side ImageUrl property is not set,returns null.
get_textElement none HTML Element Gets the DOM element of the item text (SPAN).
get_childListElement none HTML Element Gets the DOM element of the list of child items (UL).
findControl string object Returns the object nested in the item's template
get_selected none Boolean Returns whether the item is selected
set_selected Boolean none Sets the selected property of the item.
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 item is selected

Example 1: Disable the item.

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.disable();         

Example 2: Enable the item.

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.enable();      

Example 3: Focus the item.

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.focus();   

Example 4: Blur the item.

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var menuItem = menu.findItemByText("Paris");
menuItem.blur();

Example 5: Get and set the item's custom attributes.

var menu = $find("<%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>");
var foundItem = menu.findItemByAttribute("Population", "0");
var attributes = foundItem.get_attributes();
var size = attributes.getAttribute("size");
if (size) {
    attributes.setAttribute("Population", size);
    attributes.removeAttribute("size");
}
else {
    attributes.setAttribute("Population", "Unknown");
}           

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