Animation

19 Dec 20244 minutes to read
To change the animation of the DropDownButton, AnimationSettings property is used to customize the animation of the DropDownButton popup. The supported effects for DropDownButton are,
Effect	Functionality
None	Specifies the Dropdown popup transform with no animation effect.
SlideDown	Specifies the Dropdown popup transform with slide down effect.
ZoomIn	Specifies the Dropdown popup transform with zoom in effect.
FadeIn	Specifies the Dropdown popup transform with fade in effect.
In this sample, three different DropDownButtons are rendered, each showcasing a unique animation effect for the dropdown menu:
CSHTML
default.cs
<ejs-dropdownbutton id="slideDownButton" content="Slide Down" items="@ViewBag.items">
    <AnimationSettings Effect="@slideDownAnimation.Effect" Duration="@slideDownAnimation.Duration" Easing="@slideDownAnimation.Easing" />
</ejs-dropdownbutton>

<ejs-dropdownbutton id="fadeInButton" content="Fade In" items="@ViewBag.items">
<AnimationSettings Effect="@fadeInAnimation.Effect" Duration="@fadeInAnimation.Duration" Easing="@fadeInAnimation.Easing" />
</ejs-dropdownbutton>

<ejs-dropdownbutton id="zoomInButton" content="Zoom In" items="@ViewBag.items">
    <AnimationSettings Effect="@zoomInAnimation.Effect" Duration="@zoomInAnimation.Duration" Easing="@zoomInAnimation.Easing" />
</ejs-dropdownbutton>

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  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}

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.e-ddb-icons {
  font-family: 'e-dropdown-btn';
  font-style: normal;
  font-variant: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
  text-transform: none;
}

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  font-family: 'ddb-icons';
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  font-family: 'ddb-icons' !important;
  speak: none;
  font-size: 55px;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-variant: normal;
  text-transform: none;
  line-height: 1;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

.e-edit::before {
  content: '\ea9a';
}

.e-cut::before {
  content: '\e700';
}

.e-copy::before {
  content: '\e70a';
}

.e-paste::before {
  content: '\e701';
}

.e-font::before {
  content: '\e702';
}

.e-paragraph::before {
  content: '\e703';
}

button {
  margin: 25px 5px 20px 20px;
}
</style>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
{
    public class DropDownButtonController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Default()
        {
            List<object> items = new List<object>();
            items.Add(new
            {
                text = "Unread"
            });
            items.Add(new
            {
                text = "Has Attachments"
            });
            items.Add(new
            {
                text = "Categorized"
            });
            items.Add(new
            {
                separator = "True"
            });
            items.Add(new
            {
                text = "Important"
            });
            items.Add(new
            {
                 text = "More Filters"
            });
            ViewBag.items = items;
            return View();
        }
    }
}