MenuBuilder.DataSource(IEnumerable, String[]) Method

Binds a Menu control to a collection: Array, List, or IEnumerable.

Namespace : DevExtreme.AspNet.Mvc.Builders

Assembly : DevExtreme.AspNet.Core.dll

Declaration

csharp

public MenuBuilder DataSource(
    IEnumerable data,
    params string[] key
)

Name	Type	Description
data	IEnumerable

A collection that supplies data for the control.

| | key | String[] |

An array that contains one or more key field names.

Type	Description
MenuBuilder

A reference to this instance after the method is called.

This method is a shorthand version of the DataSourceFactory.Array() method. The following examples are equivalent:

cshtml

@(Html.DevExtreme().Menu()
    .DataSource(Model.MyCollection, "ID")
)

cshtml

@(Html.DevExtreme().Menu()
    .DataSource(ds => ds.Array()
        .Data(Model.MyCollection)
        .Key("ID")
    )
)

Refer to CLR Objects for more information.