NavigationNode Object
The NavigationNode object is returned by the getNode method of the NavigationNodeCollection object. The following table lists the most important methods:
| Name | Parameters | Return Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| get_enabled | none | Boolean | Returns true if the node is enabled, false if it is disabled. |
| get_enabled | none | Boolean | Same as get_isEnabled. |
| set_enabled | Boolean | none | Sets the enabled state of the node. |
| focus | none | none | Moves the focus to the node. See Example 1. |
| blur | none | none | Removes focus from the node. See Example 2. |
| get_nodes | none | NodeCollection | Gets the child nodes of the current node. |
| get_nextNode | none | NavigationNode | Returns the next sibling of the node. If the item is last, returns the first node in the NodeCollection. |
| get_nextSibling | none | NavigationNode | Returns the next sibling of the item. If the node is last, returns null. |
| get_previousNode | none | NavigationNode | Returns the previous sibling of the node. If the item is first, returns the last node in the NodeCollection. |
| get_previousSibling | none | NavigationNode | Returns the previous sibling of the item. If the node is first, returns null. |
| get_expandedNode | none | NavigationNode | Gets the expanded child node. Null if no child node is expanded. |
| get_parent | none | RadNavigation or NavigationNode | Returns an instance of the parent object. RadNavigation if this is a root node, NavigationNode if it is a child node. |
| get_navigation | none | RadNavigation | Returns an instance of the RadNavigation that contains the node. |
| get_index | none | Integer | Gets the zero based index of the node inside the parent NodeCollection. |
| get_level | none | Integer | Gets the level of the node. Root level nodes are level 0. |
| expand | none | none | Expands the node and reveals its children, if any. |
| collapse | none | none | Collapses the node, if it is expanded. |
| get_visible | none | boolean | Returns true if the node is visible or false if it is invisible. |
| set_visible | boolean | none | Sets the visibility of the node |
| get_text | none | string text | Returns the text of the node. |
| set_text | string text | none | Sets the text of the node. |
| get_navigateUrl | none | none | Returns the value of the node's navigateURL property. This is the URL of the Web page the node launches on click. |
| set_navigateUrl | string | none | Sets the navigateURL property of the node. This is the URL of the Web page the node launches on click. The navigateUrl property must be an absolute URL on the client side: e.g., http://mydomain.com/default.aspx not default.aspx. |
| get_imageUrl | none | (string imageUrl) | Gets the URL of the image. |
| set_imageUrl | (string imageUrl) | none | Sets the URL of the image. |
| get_hoveredImageUrl | none | (string imageUrl) | Gets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the node. |
| set_hoveredImageUrl | (string imageUrl) | none | Sets the URL of the image displayed when the mouse is over the node. |
| 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 node is selected |
| get_element | none | HTML Element | Gets the root DOM element of the node (LI). |
| get_linkElement | none | HTML Element | Gets the anchor DOM element of the node (a). |
| get_imageElement | none | HTML Element | Gets the image DOM element of the node. If the server side ImageUrl property is not set,returns undefined. |
| get_textElement | none | HTML Element | Gets the DOM element of the node text (span). |
| get_childListElement | none | HTML Element | Gets the DOM element of the list of child nodes (UL). |
| get_selected | none | Boolean | Returns whether the node is selected |
| set_selected | Boolean | none | Sets the selected property of the node. |
Example 1: Focus a node.
var nav = $find("<%= RadNavigation1.ClientID %>");
var node = nav.findNodeByText("Products");
node.focus();
Example 2: Blur a node.
var nav = $find("<%= RadNavigation1.ClientID %>");
var node = nav.findNodeByText("Products");
node.blur();