Menu JSP Tag Overview
The Menu JSP tag is a server-side wrapper for the Kendo UI Menu widget.
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Getting Started
Configuration
Below are listed the steps for you to follow when configuring the Kendo UI AutoComplete for binding to data, passed as a model attribute in Spring MVC.
Step 1 Make sure you followed all the steps from the introductory article on Telerik UI for JSP.
Step 2 Create a new action method which renders the view.
@RequestMapping(value = {"index"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String index() {
return "web/menu/index";
}
Step 3 Add the Kendo UI taglib mapping to the page.
<%@taglib prefix="kendo" uri="http://www.kendoui.com/jsp/tags"%>
Step 4 Add the menu tag.
<kendo:menu name="menu">
<kendo:menu-items>
<kendo:menu-item text="Products">
<kendo:menu-items>
<kendo:menu-item text="Tables & Chairs"></kendo:menu-item>
<kendo:menu-item text="Sofas"></kendo:menu-item>
</kendo:menu-items>
</kendo:menu-item>
<kendo:menu-item text="Stores">
<kendo:menu-items>
<kendo:menu-item>
<kendo:menu-item-content>
<h2>Around the Globe</h2>
<button class="k-button">See full list</button>
</kendo:menu-item-content>
</kendo:menu-item>
</kendo:menu-items>
</kendo:menu-item>
<kendo:menu-item text="Blog"></kendo:menu-item>
<kendo:menu-item text="News" enabled="false"></kendo:menu-item>
</kendo:menu-items>
</kendo:menu>
Event Handling
Specify Function Names
You can subscribe to all events exposed by Kendo UI Menu by the handler name.
<kendo:menu name="menu" open="menu_open" close="menu_close">
<kendo:menu-items>
<kendo:menu-item text="Blog"></kendo:menu-item>
<kendo:menu-item text="News" enabled="false"></kendo:menu-item>
</kendo:menu-items>
</kendo:menu>
<script>
function menu_open() {
//Handle the open event
}
function menu_close() {
//Handle the close event
}
</script>
Attach to select Events of Single Menu Items
The following example demonstrates how to subscribe to the select event of a single Menu item.
<kendo:menu name="menu">
<kendo:menu-items>
<kendo:menu-item text="item 1" select="alert('select');">
</kendo:menu-item>
</kendo:menu-items>
</kendo:menu>
Reference
Existing Instances
You are able to reference an existing Menu instance via the jQuery.data(). Once a reference is established, you are able to use the Menu API to control its behavior.
//Put this after your Kendo Menu tag declaration
<script>
$(function() {
// Notice that the Name() of the menu is used to get its client-side instance
var menu = $("#menu").data("kendoMenu");
});
</script>