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

HTML

JavaScript

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

export class AppComponent {
    menuItems = [
        // ...   
    ];
}

AngularJS

HTML

JavaScript

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

angular.module('DemoApp', ['dx'])
    .controller("DemoController", function ($scope) {
        $scope.menuItems = [
            // ...   
        ];
    });

Knockout

HTML

JavaScript

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

var viewModel = {
    menuItems: [
        // ...
    ]
};
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);

ASP.NET MVC Wrappers

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 text");
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Clear text");
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Paste text");
        });
    })
)

@(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 text")
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Clear text")
            clipboardItems.Add().Text("Paste text")
        End Sub)
    End Sub)
)

Note that DevExtreme widgets require you to link the jQuery library to your application. If you use the Knockout or AngularJS approach, the Knockout or AngularJS library is also required. For detailed information on linking these libraries to your project, refer to the topics in the Installation section.

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Configuration

An object defining configuration options for the Menu widget.

Name	Description
accessKey	Specifies a shortcut key that sets focus on the widget element.
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	A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget can respond 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 or not the widget can be focused.
height	Specifies the height of the widget.
hideSubmenuOnMouseLeave	Specifies whether or not the submenu is hidden when the mouse pointer leaves it.
hint	Specifies the text of the hint displayed for the widget.
hoverStateEnabled	A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget changes its state when being hovered by an end user.
items	Holds an array of menu items.
itemsExpr	Specifies the name of the data source item field that contains an array of nested items.
itemTemplate	The template to be used for rendering 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.
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.
onSelectionChanged	A handler for the selectionChanged event.
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	Specifies whether or not the current component supports 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 widget tab index.
visible	A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget is visible.
width	Specifies the width of the widget.

Methods

This section describes members used to manipulate the widget.

Name	Description
beginUpdate()	Prevents the component from refreshing until the endUpdate() method is called.
defaultOptions(rule)	Specifies the device-dependent default configuration options for this component.
element()	Returns the root HTML element of the widget.
endUpdate()	Enables the component to refresh after the beginUpdate() method call.
focus()	Sets focus on the widget.
getDataSource()	Allows you to get the DataSource instance.
instance()	Returns an instance of this component class.
off(eventName)	Detaches all event handlers from the specified event.
off(eventName, eventHandler)	Detaches a particular event handler from the specified event.
on(eventName, eventHandler)	Subscribes to a specified event.
on(events)	Subscribes to the specified events.
option()	Returns the configuration options of this component.
option(optionName)	Gets the value of the specified configuration option of this component.
option(optionName, optionValue)	Sets a value to the specified configuration option of this component.
option(options)	Sets one or more options of this component.
registerKeyHandler(key, handler)	Registers a handler when a specified key is pressed.
repaint()	Redraws the widget.
selectItem(itemElement)	Selects the specified item.
unselectItem(itemElement)	Cancels the selection of the specified item.

Events

This section describes events fired by this widget.

Name	Description
contentReady	Raised when the widget's content is ready.
disposing	Fires when the widget is being removed.
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	Fires after an option of the component 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 template for menu items.

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 a 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.

Menu

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Configuration

Methods

Events

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Default Item Template

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