Context menu in EJ2 JavaScript Treegrid control

27 Apr 202320 minutes to read

The TreeGrid has options to show the context menu when right clicked on it. To enable this feature, you need to define either default or custom item in the contextMenuItems.

To use the context menu, inject the ContextMenu module in the treegrid.

The default items are in the following table.

Items Description
AutoFit Auto fit the current column.
AutoFitAll Auto fit all columns.
Edit Edit the current record.
Delete Delete the current record.
Save Save the edited record.
Cancel Cancel the edited state.
PdfExport Export the treegrid data as Pdf document.
ExcelExport Export the treegrid data as Excel document.
CsvExport Export the treegrid data as CSV document.
SortAscending Sort the current column in ascending order.
SortDescending Sort the current column in descending order.
FirstPage Go to the first page.
PrevPage Go to the previous page.
LastPage Go to the last page.
NextPage Go to the next page.
AddRow Add new row to the treegrid.
Indent Indents the record to one level of hierarchy.
Outdent Outdents the record to one level of hierarchy. 
ej.treegrid.TreeGrid.Inject(ej.treegrid.Resize, ej.treegrid.ContextMenu, ej.treegrid.Edit, 
ej.treegrid.Page, ej.treegrid.PdfExport, ej.treegrid.ExcelExport, ej.treegrid.RowDD);

var treeGridObj = new ej.treegrid.TreeGrid({
    dataSource: sampleData,
    childMapping: 'subtasks',
    allowSorting: true,
    allowResizing: true,
    allowPaging: true,
    pageSettings: {pageSize: 7},
    editSettings: {allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true, mode:"Row"},
    allowPdfExport: true,
    allowExcelExport: true,
    contextMenuItems: ['AutoFit', 'AutoFitAll', 'SortAscending', 'SortDescending', 'Edit','Delete', 'Save', 'Cancel', 'PdfExport', 'ExcelExport', 'CsvExport', 'FirstPage', 'PrevPage', 'LastPage', 'NextPage', 'Indent', 'Outdent'],
    treeColumnIndex: 1,
    columns: [
        { field: 'taskID', headerText: 'Task ID', isPrimaryKey: true, width: 90, textAlign: 'Right' },
        { field: 'taskName', headerText: 'Task Name', width: 180, textAlign: 'Left' },
        {
            field: 'startDate', headerText: 'Start Date', width: 90, editType: 'datePickeredit', textAlign: 'Right', type: 'date', format: 'yMd'
        },
        { field: 'duration', headerText: 'Duration', width: 80, editType: 'numericedit', textAlign: 'Right' }
    ]
});

treeGridObj.appendTo('#TreeGrid');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-treegrid/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.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 id="TreeGrid"></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>

Custom context menu items

The custom context menu items can be added by defining the contextMenuItems as a collection of
contextMenuItemModel.
Actions for this customized items can be defined in the contextMenuClick event.

In the below sample, we have shown context menu item for parent rows to expand or collapse child rows.

ej.treegrid.TreeGrid.Inject(ej.treegrid.ContextMenu, ej.treegrid.Page);

var treeGridObj = new ej.treegrid.TreeGrid({
    dataSource: sampleData,
    childMapping: 'subtasks',
    allowPaging: true,
    pageSettings: {pageSize: 7},
    contextMenuClick: function (args) {
        treeGridObj.getColumnByField('taskID');
        if (args.item.id === 'collapserow') {
            treeGridObj.collapseRow((treeGridObj.getSelectedRows()[0]), treeGridObj.getSelectedRecords()[0]);
        } else {
            treeGridObj.expandRow((treeGridObj.getSelectedRows()[0]), treeGridObj.getSelectedRecords()[0]);
        }
    },
    contextMenuOpen: function (args) {
        var elem = args.event.target;
        var uid = elem.closest('.e-row').getAttribute('data-uid');
        if (ej.base.isNullOrUndefined(ej.base.getValue('hasChildRecords', treeGridObj.grid.getRowObjectFromUID(uid).data))) {
            args.cancel = true;
        }
        else {
            var flag = ej.base.getValue('expanded', treeGridObj.grid.getRowObjectFromUID(uid).data);
            var val = flag ? 'none' : 'block';
            document.querySelectorAll('li#expandrow')[0].setAttribute('style', 'display: ' + val + ';');
            val = !flag ? 'none' : 'block';
            document.querySelectorAll('li#collapserow')[0].setAttribute('style', 'display: ' + val + ';');
        }
    },
    contextMenuItems: [
        { text: 'Collapse the Row', target: '.e-content', id: 'collapserow' },
        { text: 'Expand the Row', target: '.e-content', id: 'expandrow' }
    ],
    treeColumnIndex: 1,
    columns: [
        { field: 'taskID', headerText: 'Task ID',  width: 90, textAlign: 'Right' },
        { field: 'taskName', headerText: 'Task Name', width: 180, textAlign: 'Left' },
        {
            field: 'startDate', headerText: 'Start Date', width: 90, textAlign: 'Right', type: 'date', format: 'yMd'
        },
        { field: 'duration', headerText: 'Duration', width: 80, textAlign: 'Right' }
    ]
});

treeGridObj.appendTo('#TreeGrid');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-treegrid/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.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 id="TreeGrid"></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>

Enable and disable context menu items dynamically

You can enable and disable the context menu items using the enableItems method in contextMenuOpen event.

ej.treegrid.TreeGrid.Inject(ej.treegrid.ContextMenu, ej.treegrid.Page, ej.treegrid.Edit);

var treeGridObj = new ej.treegrid.TreeGrid({
    dataSource: sampleData,
    childMapping: 'subtasks',
    allowPaging: true,
    editSettings: {
        allowEditing: true,
        allowAdding: true,
        allowDeleting: true,
        mode: 'Row',
    },
    pageSettings: {pageSize: 7},
    contextMenuClick: function (args) {
        if(args.element.innerHTML == "Edit Record"){
            treeGridObj.startEdit(args.rowInfo.row);
        }
        else if(args.element.innerHTML == "Delete Record"){
            treeGridObj.deleteRecord(args.rowInfo.row);
        }
    },
    contextMenuOpen: function (args) {
        if (args.rowInfo.rowData.hasChildRecords == true){
            treeGridObj.grid.contextMenuModule.contextMenu.enableItems(['Edit Record'],true);//Enable edit
            treeGridObj.grid.contextMenuModule.contextMenu.enableItems(['Delete Record'],false);//Disable delete
        } else {
            treeGridObj.grid.contextMenuModule.contextMenu.enableItems(['Edit Record'],false);//Disable edit
            treeGridObj.grid.contextMenuModule.contextMenu.enableItems(['Delete Record'],true);//Enable edit
        }
    },
    contextMenuItems: [
        { text: 'Edit Record', target: '.e-content', id: 'Edit_record' },
        { text: 'Delete Record', target: '.e-content', id: 'Delete_record' },
    ],
    treeColumnIndex: 1,
    columns: [
        { field: 'taskID', headerText: 'Task ID',  width: 90, textAlign: 'Right' },
        { field: 'taskName', headerText: 'Task Name', width: 180, textAlign: 'Left' },
        { field: 'startDate', headerText: 'Start Date', width: 90, textAlign: 'Right', type: 'date', format: 'yMd' },
        { field: 'duration', headerText: 'Duration', width: 80, textAlign: 'Right' }
    ]
});

treeGridObj.appendTo('#TreeGrid');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-treegrid/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.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 id="TreeGrid"></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>

You can hide or show an item in context menu for specific area inside of treegrid by defining the target property.
You can refer to our JavaScript Tree Grid feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our JavaScript Tree Grid example JavaScript Tree Grid example to knows how to present and manipulate data.