Use case scenarios in EJ2 TypeScript Menu control

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Scrollable menu

The menu component supports horizontal and vertical scrolling to render large menus and submenus in an adaptive way. This can be achieved by enabling the enableScrolling property and by restricting the corresponding menu/submenu size.

import { Menu, MenuItemModel, BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs, MenuModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';
import { enableRipple, closest } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

// Menu items definition
let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
        {
            text: 'Appliances',
            items: [
                {
                    text: 'Kitchen',
                    items: [
                        { text: 'Electric Cookers' },
                        { text: 'Coffee Makers' },
                        { text: 'Blenders' },
                        { text: 'Microwave Ovens' }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    text: 'Television',
                    items: [
                        { text: 'Our Exclusive TVs' },
                        { text: 'Smart TVs' },
                        { text: 'Big Screen TVs' }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    text: 'Washing Machine'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Refrigerators'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Air Conditioners',
                    items: [
                        { text: 'Inverter ACs' },
                        { text: 'Split ACs' },
                        { text: 'Window ACs' },
                    ]
                },
                {
                    text: 'Water Purifiers'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Air Purifiers'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Chimneys'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Inverters'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Healthy Living'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Vacuum Cleaners'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Room Heaters'
                },
                {
                    text: 'New Launches'
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Accessories',
            items: [
                {
                    text: 'Mobile',
                    items: [
                        { text: 'Headphones' },
                        { text: 'Memory Cards' },
                        { text: 'Power Banks' },
                        { text: 'Mobile Cases' },
                        { text: 'Screen Protectors' }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    text: 'Laptops'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Desktop PC',
                    items: [
                        { text: 'Pendrives' },
                        { text: 'External Hard Disks' },
                        { text: 'Monitors' },
                        { text: 'Keyboards' }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    text: 'Camera',
                    items: [
                        { text: 'Lens' },
                        { text: 'Tripods' }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Fashion',
            items: [
                {
                    text: 'Men'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Women'
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Home & Living',
            items: [
                {
                    text: 'Furniture'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Decor'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Smart Home Automation'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Dining & Serving'
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Entertainment',
            items: [
                {
                    text: 'Televisions'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Home Theatres'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Gaming Laptops'
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            text: 'Contact Us'
        },
        {
            text: 'Help'
        }
    ];

let menuOptions: MenuModel = {
    items: menuItems,
    cssClass: 'e-scrollable-menu',
    enableScrolling: true,
    beforeOpen: (args: BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs): void => {
        // Restricting sub menu wrapper height
        if (args.parentItem.text === 'Appliances') {
            (closest(args.element, '.e-menu-wrapper') as HTMLElement).style.height = '230px';
        }
    }
};

new Menu(menuOptions, '#menu');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--system js reference and configuration-->
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="control-section">
            <ul id="menu"></ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

The following example demonstrates how to integrate Menu with Toolbar component.

import { Toolbar, Menu, MenuItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';

let menuTemplate: string = '<ul id="menu"></ul>';

//Initialize Toolbar component
let toolbarObj: Toolbar = new Toolbar({
    created: create,
    items: [
        { template: menuTemplate },
        { prefixIcon: 'em-icons e-shopping-cart', align: 'Right' }
    ]
});

//Render initialized Toolbar component
toolbarObj.appendTo('#shoppingtoolbar');

function create(): void {
    let data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
        {
            header: 'Events',
            subItems: [
                { text: 'Conferences' },
                { text: 'Music' },
                { text: 'Workshops' }
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Movies',
            subItems: [
                { text: 'Now Showing' },
                { text: 'Coming Soon' }
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Directory',
            subItems: [
                { text: 'Media Gallery' },
                { text: 'Newsletters' }
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Queries',
            subItems: [
                { text: 'Our Policy' },
                { text: 'Site Map'},
                { text: '24x7 Support'}
            ]
        },
        { header: 'Services' }
    ];

    //Menu fields definition
    let menuFields: Object = {
        text: ['header', 'text', 'value'],
        children: ['subItems', 'options']
    };

    //Initialize Menu component
    let menuObj: Menu = new Menu({
        items: data,
        fields: menuFields,
        animationSettings: { effect: 'None' }
    }, '#menu');

    this.refreshOverflow();
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--system js reference and configuration-->
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="control-section">
            <div class="toolbar-menu-control">
                <div id="shoppingtoolbar"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Hamburger menu

The following example demonstrates the use case of menu with Accordion component integrated in SideBar.

import { Sidebar, Accordion, ExpandEventArgs, AccordionClickArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

let acrdnObj: Accordion;

// Sidebar Initialization
let defaultSidebar: Sidebar = new Sidebar({ width: '220px', type: 'Over', created: created });
defaultSidebar.appendTo('#default-sidebar');

// Close the Sidebar
document.getElementById('close').onclick = (): void => {
    defaultSidebar.hide();
};

document.getElementById('hamburger').onclick = (): void => {
    defaultSidebar.show();
    acrdnObj.refresh();
};

function created(): void {
    let data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
        {
            header: 'Appliances',
            content: '<div id="Appliances_Items"></div>',
            subItems: [
                {
                    header: 'Kitchen',
                    content: '<div id="Appliances_Kitchen_Items"></div>',
                    subItems: [
                        { header: 'Electric Cookers' },
                        { header: 'Coffee Makers' },
                        { header: 'Blenders' },
                    ]
                },
                {
                    header: 'Washing Machine',
                    content: '<div id="Appliances_Washing_Items"></div>',
                    subItems: [
                        { header: 'Fully Automatic' },
                        { header: 'Semi Automatic' }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    header: 'Air Conditioners',
                    content: '<div id="Appliances_Conditioners_Items"></div>',
                    subItems: [
                        { header: 'Inverter ACs' },
                        { header: 'Split ACs' },
                        { header: 'Window ACs' },
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Accessories',
            content: '<div id="Accessories_Items"></div>',
            subItems: [
                {
                    header: 'Mobile',
                    content: '<div id="Accessories_Mobile_Items"></div>',
                    subItems: [
                        { header: 'Headphones' },
                        { header: 'Memory Cards' },
                        { header: 'Power Banks' }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    header: 'Computer',
                    content: '<div id="Accessories_Computer_Items"></div>',
                    subItems: [
                        { header: 'Pendrives' },
                        { header: 'External Hard Disks' },
                        { header: 'Monitors' }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Fashion',
            content: '<div id="Fashion_Items"></div>',
            subItems: [
                { header: 'Men' },
                { header: 'Women' }
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Home & Living',
            content: '<div id="Home_Living_Items"></div>',
            subItems: [
                { header: 'Furniture' },
                { header: 'Decor'}
            ]
        },
        {
            header: 'Entertainment',
            content: '<div id="Entertainment_Items"></div>',
            subItems: [
                { header: 'Televisions' },
                { header: 'Home Theatres' },
                { header: 'Gaming Laptops' }
            ]
        }
    ];

    //Initialize Accordion component
    acrdnObj = new Accordion ({
        items: data,
        expanding: expand,
        clicked: clicked
    }, '#accordionMenu');
}

//Expanding Event function for Accordion component.
function expand(e: ExpandEventArgs): void {
    if (e.isExpanded) {
        if (e.element.getElementsByClassName('e-acrdn-content')[0].children[0].classList.contains('e-accordion')) {
            return;
        }
        //Initialize Nested Accordion component
        let nestAcrdn: Accordion = new Accordion({
            items: (<{ subItems: object[] }>e.item).subItems,
            expanding: expand,
            clicked: clicked
        });

        let elemId: string = e.element.getElementsByClassName('e-acrdn-content')[0].children[0].id;
        //Render initialized Nested Accordion component
        nestAcrdn.appendTo('#' + elemId);
    }
}

function clicked(e: AccordionClickArgs): void {
    if (!e.item && !(e.originalEvent.target as HTMLElement).closest('.e-acrdn-item').getElementsByClassName('e-tgl-collapse-icon').length) {
        defaultSidebar.hide();
    }
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--system js reference and configuration-->
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
         <!-- sidebar element declaration -->
    <div class="header">
        <span id="hamburger" class="e-icons menu default"></span>
            <div class="content">Header content</div>
        </div>
        <aside id="default-sidebar">
            <div class="title-header">
                <div style="display:inline-block"> Menu </div>
                <span id="close" class="e-icons"></span>
            </div>
            <div class="content-area">
                <!--Accordion control declaration-->
                <div id="accordionMenu"></div>
            </div>
        </aside>
        <!-- main content declaration -->
        <div>
            <div class="main-content">Main content</div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Mobile view

The following example demonstrates the use case of Menu in Mobile mode by using ListView component with hamburger.

import { enableRipple, AnimationOptions } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ListView, SelectEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-lists';
import { Animation } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

let dataSource: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
    {
        text: 'Appliances',
        id: 'list1',
        child: [
            {
                text: 'Kitchen',
                id: 'list1_1',
                child: [
                    { id: 'list1_1_1', text: 'Electric Cookers' },
                    { id: 'list1_1_2', text: 'Coffee Makers' },
                    { id: 'list1_1_3', text: 'Blenders' },
                ]
            },
            {
                text: 'Washing Machine',
                id: 'list1_2',
                child: [
                    { id: 'list1_2_1', text: 'Fully Automatic' },
                    { id: 'list1_2_2', text: 'Semi Automatic' }
                ]
            },
            {
                text: 'Air Conditioners',
                id: 'list1_3',
                child: [
                    { id: 'list1_3_1', text: 'Inverter ACs' },
                    { id: 'list1_3_2', text: 'Split ACs' },
                    { id: 'list1_3_3', text: 'Window ACs' },
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        text: 'Accessories',
        id: 'list2',
        child: [
            {
                text: 'Mobile',
                id: 'list2_1',
                child: [
                    { id: 'list2_1_1', text: 'Headphones' },
                    { id: 'list2_1_2', text: 'Memory Cards' },
                    { id: 'list2_1_3', text: 'Power Banks' }
                ]
            },
            {
                text: 'Computer',
                id: 'list2_2',
                child: [
                    { id: 'list2_2_1', text: 'Pendrives' },
                    { id: 'list2_2_2', text: 'External Hard Disks' },
                    { id: 'list2_2_3', text: 'Monitors' }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        text: 'Fashion',
        id: 'list3',
        child: [
            { id: 'list3_1', text: 'Men' },
            { id: 'list3_2', text: 'Women' }
        ]
    },
    {
        text: 'Home & Living',
        id: 'list4',
        child: [
            { id: 'list4_1', text: 'Furniture' },
            { id: 'list4_2', text: 'Decor'}
        ]
    },
    {
        text: 'Entertainment',
        id: 'list5',
        child: [
            { id: 'list5_1', text: 'Televisions' },
            { id: 'list5_2', text: 'Home Theatres' },
            { id: 'list5_3', text: 'Gaming Laptops' }
        ]
    }
];

//Initialize ListView component
let listObj: ListView = new ListView({

    //Set defined data to dataSource property
    dataSource: dataSource,

    //Set header title
    headerTitle: 'Menu',

    //Set true to show header title
    showHeader: true,

    select: onSelect
});

//Render initialized ListView component
listObj.appendTo('#listview');

document.getElementById('hamburger').onclick = (): void => {
    let animation: Animation = new Animation({ duration: 500 });
    animation.animate(listObj.element, {
        name: 'SlideDown' ,
        begin: function(args: AnimationOptions) {
            listObj.element.style.display = 'block';
            document.getElementById('close').style.display = 'block';
        }
    });
};

// Close the ListView
document.getElementById('close').onclick = (): void => {
    listObj.element.style.display = 'none';
    document.getElementById('close').style.display = 'none';
};

function onSelect (e: SelectEventArgs): void {
    if (e.data && !(e.data as { child: object }).child) {
        listObj.element.style.display = 'none';
        document.getElementById('close').style.display = 'none';
        listObj.refresh();
    }
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--system js reference and configuration-->
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="layoutWrapper">
            <div class="speaker">
                <div class="camera"></div>
            </div>
            <div class="layout">
                <div id="container">
                    <div id="header">
                        <span id="hamburger" class="e-icons menu default"></span>
                        <div class="content">Header</div>
                    </div>
                    <!-- ListView element -->
                    <div id="listview" tabindex="1" style="display: none;"></div>
                    <span id="close" class="e-icons" style="display: none;"></span>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="outerButton"> </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>