findByUid

Returns the Menu item by the dataItem's uid.

Example

<ul id="menu"></ul>
<script>
    var dataSource = new kendo.data.HierarchicalDataSource({
        transport: {
            read: {
                url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/Employees",
                dataType: "jsonp"
            }
        },
        schema: {
            model: {
                id: "EmployeeId",
                hasChildren: "HasEmployees"
            }
        }
    });

    var menu = $("#menu").kendoMenu({
        dataTextField: "FullName",
        dataSource: dataSource
    }).data("kendoMenu");


    menu.one("dataBound", function (ev) {
        var firstItemUid = menu.dataSource.at(0).uid;
        var item = menu.findByUid(firstItemUid);
        menu.open(item);
    });
</script>

Parameters

uid String

The uid of the data item.

Returns

jQuery the item found.