Menu for ASP.NET Web Forms
Creating a Sliding Menu
Task-Based Help > Creating a Sliding Menu

Menu for ASP.NET Web Forms can be displayed as a traditional flyout menu or as a touch phone-like sliding menu. In this tutorial, you'll create a sliding menu with a breadcrumb header and an elastic sliding animation.

Complete the following steps:

  1. In Source view, add the following markup between the <cc1:C1Menu> and </cc1:C1Menu>   tags to add menus items and submenus to the C1Menu control:

    To write code in Source View

    <Items>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem ID="C1MenuItem1" runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="File">
    <Items>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" Header="True" Text="File Menu" StaticKey="sk1"
    ImagePosition="Left" ID="C1MenuItem2"></cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Open File">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem ID="C1MenuItem3" runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Save">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem ID="C1MenuItem4" runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Save As...">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Separator="True">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem ID="C1MenuItem6" runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Close Project">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Separator="True">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Options">
    <Items>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Margins">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Settings">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    </Items>
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    </Items>
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem ID="C1MenuItem7" runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="Edit">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    <cc1:C1MenuItem ID="C1MenuItem8" runat="server" ImagePosition="Left" Text="View">
    </cc1:C1MenuItem>
    </Items>
  2. Switch to Design view.
  3. Click the C1Menu control's smart tag to open the C1Menu Tasks menu. Click Edit Menu.

    The C1MenuDesignerForm dialog box opens.

  4. With C1Menu1 selected in the treeview, set the following properties:
    • Set the Mode property to Sliding. This is what changes C1Menu from a traditional flyout menu to a sliding phone-like sliding menu.
    • Set the BackLink property to False. This replaces the default "Back" link with breadcrumb links.
    • Expand the SlidingAnimation node and set the  Easing property to EaseInOutElastic. This sets the animation  for the sliding menu.
  5. Click OK to exit the C1MenuDesignerForm dialog box.
  6. Press F5 to run your project. The project will look as follows:

    Sliding Menu

    The "Choose an option" text at the top of the menu is a placeholder. It's where the breadcrumb links will appear as you navigate through the menu.

  7. Click File. Did you notice the elastic animation as the new menu screen slid into view? Also observe that the breadcrumb bar says "All > File"

  8. Click Options and observe that the breadcrumbs say "All > File > Options". To return to the File menu, click File. To return to the top-level menu, click All.

    Sliding Menu