Structure

The structure of the RadMenu control is as follows:

The menu consists of a hierarchy of items. The items on one level are exposed when the parent item on the previous level is expanded. Each Item is represented by a RadMenuItem instance.

• At the top level are the root items. These items are always visible. They are available using the Items property of the menu control (RadMenu.Items).

• Each root item may have, nested within it, a set of child items. Children of the root items are considered level 1 items. They are available using the Items property of the root item (RadMenuItem.Items)

• Child items may have, nested within them, their own sets of child items. Children of level 1 items are considered level 2 items; children of level 2 items are considered level 3 items; and so on.

If the items are created at design time, the hierarchy is reflected in the ASP.NET declaration of the menu:

<telerik:RadMenu RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadMenu1" runat="server" Flow="Horizontal">
    <Items>
        <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Root Item 1">
            <Items>
                <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Child Item 1">
                    <Items>
                        <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Child Item 1.1" />
                        <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Child Item 1.2" />
                    </Items>
                </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Child Item 2" />
            </Items>
        </telerik:RadMenuItem>
        <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Root Item 2">
            <Items>
                <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Child Item 2.1" />
            </Items>
        </telerik:RadMenuItem>
    </Items>
</telerik:RadMenu>

See Also

• Overview

• Declaring Items Statically at Design Time

• Overview