Angular Menu API

The Menu widget is a panel with clickable items. A click on an item opens a drop-down menu, which can contain several submenus.

import { DxMenuModule } from "devextreme-angular"

DevExtreme widgets are integrated with many popular libraries and frameworks. See the Installation section (for JavaScript libraries) or the Prerequisites and Installation section (for ASP.NET MVC framework) to find details on setting up DevExtreme with a particular library or framework.

The following code shows how to create the Menu widget using every supported library and framework. For more details on working with widgets in these libraries and frameworks, see the Widget Basics topic for jQuery, Angular, AngularJS, Knockout or ASP.NET MVC.

jQuery

JavaScript

HTML

$(function () {
    $("#menu").dxMenu({
        items: [
            { text: "Hide" },
            { text: "Delete" },
            {
                text: "Clipboard",
                items: [
                    { text: "Copy" },
                    { text: "Clear" },
                    { text: "Paste" }
                ]
            }
        ]
    });
});

<div id="menu"></div>

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-menu [items]="menuItems"></dx-menu>

import { DxMenuModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    menuItems = [
        { text: "Hide" },
        { text: "Delete" },
        {
            text: "Clipboard",
            items: [
                { text: "Copy" },
                { text: "Clear" },
                { text: "Paste" }
            ]
        }
    ];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxMenuModule
    ],
    // ...
})

AngularJS

HTML

JavaScript

<div ng-controller="DemoController">
    <div dx-menu="{
        items: menuItems
    }"></div>
</div>

angular.module('DemoApp', ['dx'])
    .controller("DemoController", function ($scope) {
        $scope.menuItems = [
            { text: "Hide" },
            { text: "Delete" },
            {
                text: "Clipboard",
                items: [
                    { text: "Copy" },
                    { text: "Clear" },
                    { text: "Paste" }
                ]
            }
        ];
    });

Knockout

HTML

JavaScript

<div data-bind="dxMenu: {
    items: menuItems
}"></div>

var viewModel = {
    menuItems: [
        { text: "Hide" },
        { text: "Delete" },
        {
            text: "Clipboard",
            items: [
                { text: "Copy" },
                { text: "Clear" },
                { text: "Paste" }
            ]
        }
    ]
};
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);

ASP.NET MVC Controls

Razor C#

Razor VB

@(Html.DevExtreme().Menu()
    .ID("menu")
    .Items(items => {
        items.Add().Text("Hide");
        items.Add().Text("Delete");
        items.Add().Text("Clipboard").Items(clipboardItems => {
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Copy");
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Clear");
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Paste");
        });
    })
)

@(Html.DevExtreme().Menu() _
    .ID("menu") _
    .Items(Sub(items)
        items.Add().Text("Hide")
        items.Add().Text("Delete")
        items.Add().Text("Clipboard").Items(Sub(clipboardItems)
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Copy")
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Clear")
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Paste")
        End Sub)
    End Sub)
)

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Properties

An object defining configuration options for the Menu widget.

Name	Description
accessKey	Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the widget.
activeStateEnabled	A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget changes its state when interacting with a user.
adaptivityEnabled	Specifies whether adaptive widget rendering is enabled on small screens. Applies only if the orientation is "horizontal".
animation	Configures widget visibility animations. This object contains two fields: show and hide.
cssClass	Specifies the name of the CSS class to be applied to the root menu level and all submenus.
dataSource	A data source used to fetch data to be displayed by the widget.
disabled	Specifies whether the widget responds to user interaction.
disabledExpr	Specifies the name of the data source item field whose value defines whether or not the corresponding widget item is disabled.
displayExpr	Specifies the name of the data source item field whose value is displayed by the widget.
elementAttr	Specifies the attributes to be attached to the widget's root element.
focusStateEnabled	Specifies whether the widget can be focused using keyboard navigation.
height	Specifies the widget's height.
hideSubmenuOnMouseLeave	Specifies whether or not the submenu is hidden when the mouse pointer leaves it.
hint	Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the widget.
hoverStateEnabled	Specifies whether the widget changes its state when a user pauses on it.
items	Holds an array of menu items.
itemsExpr	Specifies which data field contains nested items.
itemTemplate	Specifies a custom template for items.
onContentReady	A handler for the contentReady event. Executed when the widget's content is ready. This handler may be executed multiple times during the widget's lifetime depending on the number of times its content changes.
onDisposing	A handler for the disposing event. Executed when the widget is removed from the DOM using the remove(), empty(), or html() jQuery methods only.
onInitialized	A handler for the initialized event. Executed only once, after the widget is initialized.
onItemClick	A handler for the itemClick event.
onItemContextMenu	A handler for the itemContextMenu event.
onItemRendered	A handler for the itemRendered event.
onOptionChanged	A handler for the optionChanged event. Executed after an option of the widget is changed.
onSelectionChanged	A handler for the selectionChanged event. Raised after an item is selected or unselected.
onSubmenuHidden	A handler for the submenuHidden event.
onSubmenuHiding	A handler for the submenuHiding event.
onSubmenuShowing	A handler for the submenuShowing event.
onSubmenuShown	A handler for the submenuShown event.
orientation	Specifies whether the menu has horizontal or vertical orientation.
rtlEnabled	Switches the widget to a right-to-left representation.
selectByClick	Specifies whether or not an item becomes selected if a user clicks it.
selectedExpr	Specifies the name of the data source item field whose value defines whether or not the corresponding widget items is selected.
selectedItem	The selected item object.
selectionMode	Specifies the selection mode supported by the menu.
showFirstSubmenuMode	Specifies options for showing and hiding the first level submenu.
showSubmenuMode	Specifies options of submenu showing and hiding.
submenuDirection	Specifies the direction at which the submenus are displayed.
tabIndex	Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.
visible	Specifies whether the widget is visible.
width	Specifies the widget's width.

Methods

This section describes members used to manipulate the widget.

Name	Description
beginUpdate()	Prevents the widget from refreshing until the endUpdate() method is called.
defaultOptions(rule)	Specifies the device-dependent default configuration options for this component.
dispose()	Disposes of all the resources allocated to the Menu instance.
element()	Gets the root widget element.
endUpdate()	Refreshes the widget after a call of the beginUpdate() method.
focus()	Sets focus on the widget.
getDataSource()	Gets the DataSource instance.
getInstance(element)	Gets the instance of a widget found using its DOM node.
instance()	Gets the widget's instance. Use it to access other methods of the widget.
off(eventName)	Detaches all event handlers from a single event.
off(eventName, eventHandler)	Detaches a particular event handler from a single event.
on(eventName, eventHandler)	Subscribes to an event.
on(events)	Subscribes to events.
option()	Gets all widget options.
option(optionName)	Gets the value of a single option.
option(optionName, optionValue)	Updates the value of a single option.
option(options)	Updates the values of several options.
registerKeyHandler(key, handler)	Registers a handler to be executed when a user presses a specific key.
repaint()	Repaints the widget. Call it if you made modifications that changed the widget's state to invalid.
selectItem(itemElement)	Selects an item found using its DOM node.
unselectItem(itemElement)	Cancels the selection of an item found using its DOM node.

Events

This section describes events fired by this widget.

Name	Description
contentReady	Raised when the widget's content is ready.
disposing	Raised when the widget is removed from the DOM using the remove(), empty(), or html() jQuery methods only.
initialized	Raised only once, after the widget is initialized.
itemClick	Fires when a widget item is clicked.
itemContextMenu	Fires when the right mouse button is clicked when the pointer is over a widget item, or when the "sustained" (also known as a long press) touch action is performed.
itemRendered	Fires after a collection item is rendered.
optionChanged	Raised after a widget option is changed.
selectionChanged	Fires after a collection item is selected or unselected.
submenuHidden	Fires when the submenu is hidden.
submenuHiding	Fires before the submenu is hidden.
submenuShowing	Fires before the submenu is displayed.
submenuShown	Fires when the submenu is displayed.

Default Item Template

This section lists the data source fields that are used in a default item template.

Type:

Object

By default, a predefined item template is applied to display the items of this widget. This template is based on certain fields of the data source provided for this widget. Below is the list of these fields. If the default item template is not appropriate for your task, implement a custom item template based on these or other fields of your data source.

Angular Menu API

jQuery

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ASP.NET MVC Controls

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Properties

Methods

Events

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Default Item Template

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