Items in ASP.NET MVC Speed Dial Control

14 Nov 20227 minutes to read

The action items in ASP.NET MVC Speed Dial can be added by using Items property.

Fields	Type	Description
Text	string	Defines the text content of SpeedDialItem.
IconCss	string	Defines one or more CSS classes to include an icon or image in speed dial item.
Disabled	boolean	Defines whether to enable or disable the SpeedDialItem.
Id	string	Defines a unique value for the SpeedDialItem which can be used to identify the item in event args.
Title	string	Defines the title of SpeedDialItem to display tooltip.

Icons in speeddial items

You can customize the icon and text of Speed Dial action items using IconCss and Text properties.

Icon only

You can show icon only in SpeedDial items by setting IconCss property. You can show tooltip on hover to show additional details to end-user by setting Title property.

CSHTML

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Buttons

@Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Items(ViewBag.datasource).OpenIconCss("e-icons e-edit").CloseIconCss("e-icons e-close").Render()

Icon.cs

public ActionResult Icon()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Title="Cut",
        IconCss="e-icons e-cut"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Title="Copy",
        IconCss="e-icons e-copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Title="Paste",
        IconCss="e-icons e-paste"   
    });

    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    return View();
}

Text Only

You can show only text in Speed Dial items by setting Text property.

CSHTML

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Buttons

@Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Items(ViewBag.datasource).Content("Edit").Render()

Text.cs

public ActionResult Text()
{
    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();
}

Icon with Text

You can show icon along with text in Speed Dial items by setting IconCss and Text properties.

CSHTML

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Buttons

@Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Items(ViewBag.datasource).OpenIconCss("e-icons e-edit").CloseIconCss("e-icons e-close").Content("Edit").Render()

TextIcon.cs

public ActionResult TextIcon()
{
    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;
}

Disabled

You can disable Speed Dial items by setting Disabled property as true.

CSHTML

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Buttons

@Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Items(ViewBag.datasource).Content("Edit").Render()

Disabled.cs

public ActionResult Icon()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text="Cut",
        Disabled=true
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text="Copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text="Paste"
    });

    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    return View();
}

Animation

The Speed Dial items can be animated during the opening and closing of the popup action items. You can customize the animation’s Effect, Delay, and Duration by setting Animation property. By default, Speed Dial animates with a Fade effect and supports all SpeedDialAnimationEffect effects.

Below example demonstrates the Speed Dial items with applied Zoom effect.

CSHTML

@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Buttons

@Html.EJS().SpeedDial("speeddial").Animation(new SpeedDialAnimationSettings { Effect=SpeedDialAnimationEffect.Zoom}).Items(ViewBag.datasource).OpenIconCss("e-icons e-edit").CloseIconCss("e-icons e-close").Content("Edit").Render()

Animation.cs

public ActionResult Animation()
{
    List<SpeedDialItem> items = new List<SpeedDialItem>();
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text = "Cut",
        IconCss="e-icons e-cut"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text = "Copy",
        IconCss="e-icons e-copy"
    });
    items.Add(new SpeedDialItem
    {
        Text = "Paste",
        IconCss="e-icons e-paste"
    });

    ViewBag.datasource = items;
    return View();
}

Template

The Speed Dial supports to customize the action items and entire pop-up container by setting ItemTemplate and PopupTemplate property. For more details about templates, check out the link here