Change orientation in Angular Menu component

12 Sep 20254 minutes to read

This section demonstrates how to configure the Angular Menu component to display items horizontally or vertically using the orientation property. Horizontal orientation is suitable for top navigation bars, while vertical orientation is ideal for sidebar navigation.

The orientation property accepts "Horizontal" or "Vertical" values, as defined in the Orientation type, with "Horizontal" as the default.

This example renders a vertically oriented menu with dropdown submenus.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { MenuModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations'



import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { MenuItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations';

enableRipple(true);

@Component({
imports: [ MenuModule],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<div class="e-section-control">
            <!-- To Render Menu. -->
            <ejs-menu [items]='menuItems' orientation='Vertical'></ejs-menu></div>`
})

export class AppComponent {
    public menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
        {
            text: 'File',
            items: [
                { text: 'Open' },
                { text: 'Save' },
                { text: 'Exit' }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Edit',
            items: [
                { text: 'Cut' },
                { text: 'Copy' },
                { text: 'Paste' }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'View',
            items: [
                { text: 'Toolbar' },
                { text: 'Sidebar' },
                { text: 'Full Screen' }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Tools',
            items: [
                { text: 'Spelling & Grammar' },
                { text: 'Customize' },
                { text: 'Options' }
            ]
        },
        { text: 'Help' }
    ];
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));