WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET

Support for Vertical or Horizontal Menus

WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET supports horizontal and vertical menus. You can define the layout orientation of the menu by setting just one property.

Submenu Support

WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET includes powerful submenu support including the ability to dynamically re-assign submenus and to inherit styles from Parent menu.

Enhanced Styles

You can define and apply styles to the whole menu or to single menu items. With a style, you can customize the back color, border style, border width, Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) and the fore color. You can even disable the style for an entire menu or for one specific item.

Cross-browser Compatibility

WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET supports multiple browsers, including Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher, and Fire Fox 2.0 and higher.

Enhance Your UI with Windows XP and Microsoft Office Styling

Consistently style your application with the built-in Windows XP and Office 2003 styles. Use the preview pane of the Auto Format dialog box to view the control with the theme before it is applied.

Support for Images and Pictures

Menu items can have their own images. You can also apply a picture as the background for your menus.

Take Full Programmatic Control Over Your Menus

Besides the visual designer, you can programmatically change any aspect of your menu and submenus using the rich object model of the WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET. You can easily add or delete new items through code.

Client or Server-side Event Handling

Menu and toolbar items' clicks can be handled either on the client (by scripts or URLs attached to items) or on the server (by event handlers in your code).

Create Titles within Your Menu

You can create a caption within your menu or submenus. A caption looks like a regular item and, as like a regular item, its appearance can be individually customized but cannot be clicked.

Show Messages in Browser Status Bar

Custom messages can be displayed in the browser's status bar when the mouse hovers over an item.

Keyboard Navigation

To enhance the end-user experience, WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET supports access and shortcut keys for all of its items. Access keys are used for navigating the entire user interface and typically use the ALT key plus the specified access key. Shortcut keys are commonly used to perform a quick action such as opening a menu item and they use the CTRL key plus the specified shortcut key.