Icons and sub menu items in Angular Menu component
27 Apr 202421 minutes to read
Icons
The menu item contains an icon/image in it to provide a visual representation of an action.
To place the icon on a menu item, set the iconCss property with the required icon CSS. By default, the icon is positioned at the left of the menu item. In the following sample, the icons of File and Edit menu items and Open, Save, Cut, Copy,and Paste sub menu items are added using the iconCss property.
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">
<ejs-menu #menu [items]='menuItems'></ejs-menu></div>`
})
export class AppComponent {
//Menu items definition
public menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
{
text: 'File',
iconCss: 'em-icons e-file',
items: [
{ text: 'Open', iconCss: 'em-icons e-open' },
{ text: 'Save', iconCss: 'e-icons e-save' },
{ separator: true },
{ text: 'Exit' }
]
},
{
text: 'Edit',
iconCss: 'em-icons e-edit',
items: [
{ text: 'Cut', iconCss: 'em-icons e-cut' },
{ text: 'Copy', iconCss: 'em-icons e-copy' },
{ text: 'Paste', iconCss: 'em-icons e-paste' }
]
},
{
text: 'View',
items: [
{ text: 'Toolbar' },
{ text: 'Sidebar' },
{ text: 'Full Screen' }
]
},
{
text: 'Tools',
items: [
{ text: 'Spelling & Grammar' },
{ text: 'Customize' },
{ text: 'Options' }
]
},
{ text: 'Go' },
{ text: 'Help' }
];
}import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));Navigation
Navigation in Menu is used to navigate to the other web page when a menu item is clicked.
It can be achieved by providing a link to the menu item using the url property. In the following sample, the Navigation URL is added to sub menu items using the url property.
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, MenuEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations';
enableRipple(true);
@Component({
imports: [ MenuModule],
standalone: true,
selector: 'app-root',
template: `<div class="e-section-control">
<ejs-menu #menu [items]='menuItems' (beforeItemRender)='beforeItemRender($event)'></ejs-menu></div>`
})
export class AppComponent {
//Menu items definition
public menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
{
text: 'Appliances',
items: [
{ text: 'Washing Machine', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=washing+machine' },
{ text: 'Air Conditioners', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=air+conditioners' }
]
},
{
text: 'Mobile',
items: [
{ text: 'Headphones', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=headphones' },
{ text: 'Memory Cards', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=memory+cards' },
{ text: 'Power Banks', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=power+banks' }
]
},
{
text: 'Entertainment',
items: [
{ text: 'Televisions', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=televisions' },
{ text: 'Home Theatres', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=home+theatres' },
{ text: 'Gaming Laptops', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=gaming+laptops' }
]
},
{ text: 'Fashion', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=fashion' },
{ text: 'Offers', url: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=offers' }
];
public beforeItemRender(args: MenuEventArgs): void {
if (args.item.url) {
// To open url in blank page.
args.element.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].setAttribute('target', '_blank');
}
}
}import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));Multilevel nesting
The Menu supports multiple level nesting, and it can be achieved by mapping the items property inside the parent menuItems.
In the following sample, three-level nesting of menu has been provided.
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">
<ejs-menu #menu [items]='menuItems'></ejs-menu></div>`
})
export class AppComponent {
public menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
{
text: 'Fashion',
items: [
{
text: 'Men Fashion',
items: [
{
text: 'Personal Care',
items: [
{ text: 'Trimmers' },
{ text: 'Shavers' }
]
},
{
text: 'Clothing',
items: [
{ text: 'Shirts' },
{ text: 'Jackets' },
{ text: 'Track Suits' }
]
},
{ text: 'Footwear' }
]
},
{
text: 'Women Fashion',
items: [
{
text: 'Clothing',
items: [
{ text: 'Kurtas' },
{ text: 'Salwars' },
{ text: 'Sarees' }
]
},
{
text: 'Jewellery',
items: [
{ text: 'Nosepins' },
{ text: 'Anklets' }
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
text: 'Home & Living',
items: [
{
text: 'Washing Machine',
items: [
{ text: 'Fully Automatic' },
{ text: 'Semi Automatic' }
]
},
{
text: 'Air Conditioners',
items: [
{ text: 'Inverter ACs' },
{ text: 'Split ACs' }
]
}
]
},
{ text: 'Accessories' },
{ text: 'Sports' },
{ text: 'Gaming' }
];
}import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));You can achieve multi level nesting with data source by mapping
nameof the child items to thechildrensub-property offieldsproperty. Also, we can specifyidproperty for menu items. For more information, refer to thedata source bindingsection.
The below table represents the MenuItem properties and it’s description.
| Property Name | Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| iconCss | string | Defines class/multiple classes separated by a space for the menu Item that is used to include an icon. Menu Item can include font icon and sprite image. | |
| id | string | Specifies the id for menu item. | |
| separator | boolean | Specifies separator between the menu items. Separator are either horizontal or vertical lines used to group menu items. | |
| items | MenuItemModel[] | Specifies the sub menu items that is the array of MenuItem model/ | |
| text | string | Specifies text for menu item. | |
| url | string | Specifies url for menu item that creates the anchor link to navigate to the url provided. |