The KaxMenu control is made up of items. Items which are immediate children of the menu are root items. Items which are children of root items are child items.

An item usually stores data in two properties, the Text property and the Value property. The value of the Textproperty is displayed in the KaxMenu control, and the Value property is used to store additional data.

To create items, use one of the following methods:

• Use declarative syntax to define items inline in your page or user control.
• Use one of the constructors to dynamically create new instances of the KaxMenuItem class. These items can then be added to the Items collection of another item or menu.
• Data bind the KaxMenu control to a data source.

When the user clicks an item, the KaxMenu control can navigate to a linked Web page, post back to the server or select that item. If the NavigateUrl property of an item is set, the KaxMenu control navigates to the linked page. By default, a linked page is displayed in the same window or frame. To display the linked content in a different window or frame, use the Target property.

The KaxMenu control is made up of a hierarchy of menu items represented by KaxMenuItem objects. Menu items at the top level (level 0) that do not have a parent menu item are called root or top-level menu items. A menu item that has a parent menu item is called a submenu item. All root menu items are stored in the Items collection of the menu. Submenu items are stored in a parent menu item's Items collection. You can access a menu item's parent menu item by using the Owner property.

To create the menu items for a KaxMenu control, use one of the following methods:

• Use declarative syntax to create static menu items.
• Use a constructor to dynamically create new instances of the KaxMenuItem class. These KaxMenuItem objects can then be added to the Items collection of their owner.
• Bind the Menu control to a data source.

When the user clicks a menu item, the Menu control can either navigate to a linked Web page or simply post back to the server. If the NavigateUrl property of a menu item is set, the KaxMenu control navigates to the linked page. By default, a linked page is displayed in the same window or frame as the KaxMenu control. To display the linked content in a different window or frame, use the Target property.

Each menu item has a Text and a Value property. The value of the Text property is displayed in the KaxMenu control, while the Value property is used to store any additional data about the menu item.

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