JavaScript/jQuery FileManager - contextMenu.items

Configures context menu items' settings.

Type:

Array<dxFileManagerContextMenuItem | String>

Default Value: [ 'create', 'upload', 'rename', 'move', 'copy', 'delete', 'refresh', 'download' ]

The FileManager UI component allows you to add default and custom context menu items.

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $("#file-manager").dxFileManager({
        contextMenu: {
            items: [
                "create", // default item
                {
                    name: "create",
                    text: "Create Directory",
                    beginGroup: true
                }
                //...
            ]
        }            
    });
});

Custom Items

To add a custom context menu item, specify its text and optional settings (for example, a file extension for a newly created file). Use the contextMenuItemClick event to handle clicks on custom context menu items.

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $("#file-manager").dxFileManager({
        contextMenu: {
            items: [
                {
                    text: "Create new file", 
                    icon: "plus",
                    items: [
                        {
                            text: "Plain text document",
                            extension: ".txt",
                            onClick: onItemClick
                        },
                        // ...
                    ]
                },
                // ...
                "move", "copy", "delete", "refresh" // default items
            ]
        }
        // ...
    });
});

beginGroup

Specifies whether a group separator is displayed over the item.

Type:

Boolean

closeMenuOnClick

Specifies if a menu is closed when a user clicks the item.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: true

disabled

Specifies whether the menu item responds to user interaction.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

icon

Specifies the menu item's icon.

Type:

String

This property accepts one of the following:

The icon's URL
The icon's name if the icon is from the DevExtreme icon library
The icon's CSS class if the icon is from an external icon library (see External Icon Libraries)
The icon in the Base64 format
The icon in the SVG format. Ensure that the source is reliable.

items

Configures settings of a context menu item's subitems.

Type:

Array<dxFileManagerContextMenuItem>

The FileManager UI component allows you to add default and create custom context menu subitems.

NOTE

You can specify the items option for custom context menu items only.

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $("#file-manager").dxFileManager({
        contextMenu: {
            items: [
                "create", // default item
                {
                    text: "Create new file", // custom item with subitems
                    items: [
                        {
                            text: "Plain text document",
                            extension: ".txt",
                            onClick: onItemClick
                        },
                        // ...
                    ]
                },
                // ...
                "move", "copy", "delete", "refresh" // default items
            ]
        }
        // ...
    });
});