Main Menu

The control forms the main (first level) menu of the site.

You can form menu using JavaScript or HTML code. It is possible to select current menu item (the one where user is at this moment). Also function receives the attribute whether the user is on a main page of the site.

Client-side API for menu creation by script (if CreateMenuUsingScript = true):

Function or variable	Description
`CMS_MainMenu_ItemCount`	The variable contains number of items count
`CMS_MainMenu_GetBegin()`	Function for begin menu forming
`CMS_MainMenu_GetEnd()`	Function for end menu forming
`CMS_MainMenu_GetItem(menuItemGuid, name, url, desc, target, iconURL, iconWidth, iconHeight, isCurrMenuItem, isFirstPage)`	Function for menu item forming

Example for script generated menu:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="cmsmenu" Namespace="CMSLib.Menu" Assembly="CMSLib" %><cmsmenu:mainmenu runat="server" CreateMenuUsingScript="True" PathToMenuScript="~/CMS_MainMenu.js" > </cmsmenu:mainmenu>

Example for HTML menu:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="cmsmenu" Namespace="CMSLib.Menu" Assembly="CMSLib" %><cmsmenu:mainmenu runat="server" CreateMenuUsingScript="False" BeginHTML="-= " BeforeItemHTML="[ " EndHTML="=-" EndItemHTML=" ] " HomePageName="Main page"> </cmsmenu:mainmenu>

You can change default 'CMS_MainMenu' prefix for the JS functions. Use JSFunctionsPrefix property to set new prefix.

See Also

Site templates: Site templates

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General: CMS architecture