RadToolBar Object

The following table lists the most important methods of the RadToolBar client-side object:

Client side changes are available on the server side after postback. You can use the ClientChanges property to access them.

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
trackChanges	none	none	Begins tracking changes to the toolbar items. Only changes to the items that occur between a call to trackChanges and commitChanges persist after a postback. (see Example 1)
commitChanges	none	none	Ends tracking changes to the toolbar items. Only changes to the items that occur between a call to trackChanges and commitChanges persist after a postback. (see Example 1)
findItemByText	string	RadToolBarItem	Returns the first item in the toolbar with the specified text.
findItemByAttribute	string, string	RadToolBarItem	Returns the first item in the toolbar with the custom attribute specified by the first parameter set to the value specified by the second parameter.
findItemByValue	string	RadToolBarItem	Returns the first item in the toolbar with the specified value.
get_attributes	none	Attributes	Returns the collection of custom attributes defined for the toolbar.
get_items	none	RadToolBarItemCollection	Returns the collection of items in the toolbar (not including items in drop-down lists).
get_allItems	none	Array of RadToolBarItem	Returns an array containing all the items in the toolbar, including the items in drop-down lists. Items in drop-down lists appear immediately following their parent items.
get_orientation	none	integer	Returns 0 if the toolbar is horizontal, 1 if it is vertical.
set_orientation	integer	none	Sets the orientation of the toolbar.
get_expandAnimation	none	Animation	Returns the expand animation object.
get_collapseAnimation	none	Animation	Returns the collapse animation object.
get_element	none	HTML element	Gets the DOM element for the toolbar.
get_childListElement	none	HTML element	Gets the DOM element for the UL element that lists the toolbar buttons.
add_<EventName>	eventHandler	none	Attaches an eventHandler to the event with the name <EventName>. Note that client-side event names differ from their server-side counterparts. For more information, see Client-Side Events.
remove_<EventName>	eventHandler	Boolean	Detaches an eventHandler from the event with the name <EventName>.Returns "True" if the eventHandler is found and detached, false otherwise.Note that client-side event names differ from their server-side counterparts. For more information, see Client-Side Events.

Example 1: Demonstrates the usage of trackChanges() and commitChanges() methods.

var toolBar = $find("<%=RadToolBar1.ClientID %>");
var dropDownButton = toolBar.get_items().getItem(0);
toolBar.trackChanges();
var dropDownChildButton = new Telerik.Web.UI.RadToolBarButton();
dropDownChildButton.set_text("Added on the client-side button");
dropDownButton.get_buttons().add(dropDownChildButton);
toolBar.commitChanges();