Change animation settings in EJ2 JavaScript Menu control

16 Jun 202310 minutes to read

To change the animation of the Menu, animationSettings property is used. The supported effects for Menu are,

Effect Functionality
None Specifies the sub menu transform with no animation effect.
SlideDown Specifies the sub menu transform with slide down effect.
ZoomIn Specifies the sub menu transform with zoom in effect.
FadeIn Specifies the sub menu transform with fade in effect.

The following sample illustrates how to open Menu with FadeIn effect with the duration of 800ms. Also we can set easing for menu items.

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

//Menu items definition
var menuItems = [
    {
        text: 'Fashion',
        items: [
            {
                text: 'Men Fashion',
                items: [
                    {
                        text: 'Personal Care',
                        items: [
                            { text: 'Trimmers' },
                            { text:  'Shavers' }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        text: 'Clothing',
                        items: [
                            { text: 'Shirts' },
                            { text: 'Jackets' },
                            { text: 'Track Suits' }
                        ]
                    },
                    { text: 'Footwear' }
                ]
            },
            {
                text: 'Women Fashion',
                items: [
                    {
                        text: 'Clothing',
                        items: [
                            { text: 'Kurtas' },
                            { text: 'Salwars' },
                            { text: 'Sarees' }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        text: 'Jewellery',
                        items: [
                            { text: 'Nosepins' },
                            { text:  'Anklets' }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        text: 'Home & Living',
        items: [
            {
                text: 'Washing Machine',
                items: [
                    { text: 'Fully Automatic' },
                    { text: 'Semi Automatic' }
                ]
            },
            {
                text: 'Air Conditioners',
                items: [
                    { text: 'Inverter ACs' },
                    { text: 'Split ACs' }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    { text: 'Accessories' },
    { text: 'Sports' },
    { text: 'Gaming' }
];

var menuOptions = {
    items: menuItems,
    animationSettings: {
        effect: 'FadeIn',
        duration: 800
    }
};

//Initialize Menu component.
var menuObj = new ej.navigations.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/ej2/23.2.4/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.2.4/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.2.4/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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.2.4/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div class="control-section">
            <ul id="menu"></ul>
        </div>
    </div>



<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>