Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial Control

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This section briefly explains about how to include [ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial] control in your ASP.NET MVC application using Visual Studio.

Prerequisites

System requirements for ASP.NET MVC controls

Create ASP.NET MVC application with HTML helper

Install ASP.NET MVC package in the application

To add ASP.NET MVC controls in the application, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search for Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 and then install it.

Package Manager
Install-Package Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 -Version 27.2.2

NOTE

Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic to learn more about installing NuGet packages in various OS environments. The Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 NuGet package has dependencies, Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization and Syncfusion.Licensing for validating Syncfusion license key.

NOTE

If you create ASP.NET MVC application with MVC4 package, search for Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC4 and then install it.

Add namespace

Add Syncfusion.EJ2 namespace reference in Web.config under Views folder.

<namespaces>
    <add namespace="Syncfusion.EJ2"/>
</namespaces>

Add stylesheet and script resources

Here, the theme and script is referred using CDN inside the <head> of ~/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file as follows,

~/_Layout.cshtml
<head>
    ...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls styles -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/fluent.css" />
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls scripts -->
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Checkout the Themes topic to learn different ways (CDN, NPM package, and CRG) to refer styles in ASP.NET MVC application, and to have the expected appearance for Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls. Checkout the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your ASP.NET MVC application.

Register Syncfusion script manager

Also, register the script manager EJS().ScriptManager() at the end of <body> in the ~/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file as follows.

~/_Layout.cshtml
<body>
...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Script Manager -->
    @Html.EJS().ScriptManager()
</body>

Add ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial control

Now, add the Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial control in ~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml page.

CSHTML
Default.cs
<div id="target" style="min-height:200px; position:relative; width:300px; border:1px solid;">
    @Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Target("#target").Content("Edit").Items(ViewBag.datasource).Render()
</div>
public ActionResult Demo()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text="Cut"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text="Copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text="Paste"
    });
    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    
    return View();
}

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to run the app. Then, the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core SpeedDial control will be rendered in the default web browser.

ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial Control

Positioning

The speed dial can be positioned using the position property. The speed dial is positioned based on the target, if target is defined else positioned based on the browser viewport. The position values are TopLeft, TopCenter, TopRight, MiddleLeft, MiddleCenter, MiddleRight, BottomLeft, BottomCenter and BottomRight.

CSHTML
Position.cs
<div id="target" style="min-height:200px; position:relative; width:300px; border:1px solid;">
    @Html.EJS().SpeedDial("element").Target("#target").Content("Edit").Position(FabPosition.BottomLeft).Items(ViewBag.datasource).Render() 
</div>
public ActionResult Position()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-cut",
        Text="Cut"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-copy",
        Text="Copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-paste",
        Text="Paste"
    });
    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    
    return View();
}

ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial Control

Linear and radial display modes

You can use the Mode property to either display the menu in linear order like a list or like a radial menu in radial (circular) direction.

CSHTML
Mode.cs
<div id="target" style="min-height:200px; position:relative; width:300px; border:1px solid;">
    @Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Target("#target").Position(FabPosition.BottomLeft).Content("Edit").Mode(SpeedDialMode.Radial).OpenIconCss("e-icons e-edit").Items(ViewBag.datasource).Render()
    @Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial1").Target("#target").Position(FabPosition.BottomRight).Content("Edit").Mode(SpeedDialMode.Linear).OpenIconCss("e-icons e-edit").Items(ViewBag.datasourceLabel).Render()
</div>
public ActionResult Mode()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    List<SpeedDialItem> items1 = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-cut"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-paste"   
    });
    items1.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-cut",
        Text="Cut"
    });
    items1.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-copy",
        Text="Copy"
    });
    items1.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-paste",
        Text="Paste"
    });
    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    ViewBag.datasourceLabel = items1;
    
    return View();
}

ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial Control

Clicked event

The speed dial control triggers the Clicked event when an action item is clicked.
You can use this event to perform the required action.

CSHTML
ItemClick.cs
<div id="target" style="min-height:200px; position:relative; width:300px; border:1px solid;">
    @Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Target("#target").OpenIconCss("e-icons e-edit").Items(ViewBag.datasource).Clicked("function(args){clicked(args)}").Render()
</div>

<script>
    function clicked(args) {
        alert(args.item.text + " is clicked");
    }
</script>
public ActionResult ItemClick()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-cut",
        Text="Cut"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-copy",
        Text="Copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        IconCss="e-icons e-paste",
        Text="Paste"
    });
    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    
    return View();
}

ASP.NET MVC SpeedDial Control