Getting started with ASP.NET MVC DropDownButton control
This section briefly explains about how to include a simple DropDownButton in your ASP.NET MVC application. You can refer ASP.NET MVC Getting Started documentation page for introduction part of the system requirements and configure the common specifications.
Add DropDownButton to the project
We are going to render DropDownButton component in Index.cshtml page.
@Html.EJS().DropDownButton("element").Content("Edit").Items((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.items).Render()ViewBag.items variable is used for bounding the items property in view page.
Bind dataSource
Populate the action items in SplitButton by using the items property. Here, the JSON values are passed to the
DropDownButton component are generated in default.cs and assigned to ViewBag variable.
public ActionResult Index()
{
List<object> items = new List<object>();
items.Add(new
{
text = "Cut"
});
items.Add(new
{
text = "Copy"
});
items.Add(new
{
text = "Paste"
});
ViewBag.items = items;
return View();
}Output be like the below.
Run the application
After successful compilation of your application, simply press F5 to run the application.
The following example shows a basic DropDownButton.
@Html.EJS().DropDownButton("element").Content("Edit").Items((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.items).Render()public ActionResult Index()
{
List<object> items = new List<object>();
items.Add(new
{
text = "Cut"
});
items.Add(new
{
text = "Copy"
});
items.Add(new
{
text = "Paste"
});
ViewBag.items = items;
return View();
}