Menu Control, asp:Menu Control

The Menu control is used to create a menu of hierarchical data that can be used to navigate through the pages. The Menu control conceptually contains two types of items. First is StaticMenu that is always displayed on the page, Second is DynamicMenu that appears when opens the parent item.

Its properties like BackColor, ForeColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, Height etc. are implemented through style properites of <table, tr, td/> tag.

Following are some important properties that are very useful.

Properties of Menu Control
DataSourceID	Indicates the data source to be used (You can use .sitemap file as datasource).
Text	Indicates the text to display in the menu.
Tooltip	Indicates the tooltip of the menu item when you mouse over.
Value	Indicates the nondisplayed value (usually unique id to use in server side events)
NavigateUrl	Indicates the target location to send the user when menu item is clicked. If not set you can handle MenuItemClick event to decide what to do.
Target	If NavigationUrl property is set, it indicates where to open the target location (in new window or same window).
Selectable	true/false. If false, this item can't be selected. Usually in case of this item has some child.
ImageUrl	Indicates the image that appears next to the menu item.
ImageToolTip	Indicates the tooltip text to display for image next to the item.
PopOutImageUrl	Inidcates the image that is displayed right to the menu item when it has some subitems.
Target	If NavigationUrl property is set, it indicates where to open the target location (in new window or same window).
Styles of Menu Control
StaticMenuStyle	Sets the style of the parent box in which all menu items appears.
DynamicMenuStyle	Sets the style of the parent box in which dynamic menu items appears.
StaticMenuItemStyle	Sets the style of the individual static menu items.
DynamicMenuItemStyle	Sets the style of the individual dynamic menu items.
StaticSelectedStyle	Sets the style of the selected static items.
DynamicSelectedStyle	Sets the style of the selecdted dynamic items.
StaticHoverStyle	Sets the mouse hovering style of the static items.
DynamicHoverStyle	Sets the mouse hovering style of the dynamic items (subitems).

DEMO : Menu

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// Menu Control ////////////////////////////          
<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="Server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1"
         Orientation="Horizontal" BackColor="#B5C7DE" DynamicHorizontalOffset="2" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="0.8em" ForeColor="#284E98" StaticDisplayLevels="2" StaticSubMenuIndent="10px"
           >
            <StaticMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
            <DynamicHoverStyle BackColor="#284E98" ForeColor="White" />
            <DynamicMenuStyle BackColor="#B5C7DE" />
            <StaticSelectedStyle BackColor="#507CD1" />
            <DynamicSelectedStyle BackColor="#507CD1" />
            <DynamicMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
            <StaticHoverStyle BackColor="#284E98" ForeColor="White" />
        </asp:Menu>
        

// SiteMapDataSource Control ////////////////////////////
        <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="Server" />