Vue UI Components Documentation
Vue Menu Component
The Menu component for Vue represents a menu widget that makes it easy to add menus to your website or web application.
Prerequisites
Refer to Vue Getting Started before you start with this help topic.
Configuration
After you have created your App.vue file, here is how you should structure it:
The Menu component for Vue requires the following import:
Add the jqxMenu component to the components section of the the Vue class:
Template
The App.vue has a <template> structural tag where we determine the application structure.
There we will also set the tags for the new components - <JqxMenu/>
<template> <JqxMenu :mode="mode" :enableHover="enableHover" :width="600" :height="30"> <ul> <li><a href="#Home">Home</a></li> <li> Solutions <ul style="width: 250px;"> <li><a href="#Education">Education</a></li> <li><a href="#Financial">Financial services</a></li> <li><a href="#Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="#Manufacturing">Manufacturing</a></li> <li type="separator"></li> <li> Software Solutions <ul style="width: 220px;"> <li><a href="#ConsumerPhoto">Consumer photo and video</a></li> <li><a href="#Mobile">Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="#RIA">Rich Internet applications</a></li> <li><a href="#TechnicalCommunication">Technical communication</a></li> <li><a href="#Training">Training and eLearning</a></li> <li><a href="#WebConferencing">Web conferencing</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">All industries and solutions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> Products <ul> <li><a href="#PCProducts">PC products</a></li> <li><a href="#MobileProducts">Mobile products</a></li> <li><a href="#AllProducts">All products</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> Support <ul style="width: 200px;"> <li><a href="#SupportHome">Support home</a></li> <li><a href="#CustomerService">Customer Service</a></li> <li><a href="#KB">Knowledge base</a></li> <li><a href="#Books">Books</a></li> <li><a href="#Training">Training and certification</a></li> <li><a href="#SupportPrograms">Support programs</a></li> <li><a href="#Forums">Forums</a></li> <li><a href="#Documentation">Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="#Updates">Updates</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> Communities <ul style="width: 200px;"> <li><a href="#Designers">Designers</a></li> <li><a href="#Developers">Developers</a></li> <li><a href="#Educators">Educators and students</a></li> <li><a href="#Partners">Partners</a></li> <li type="separator"></li> <li> By resource <ul> <li><a href="#Labs">Labs</a></li> <li><a href="#TV">TV</a></li> <li><a href="#Forums">Forums</a></li> <li><a href="#Exchange">Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="#Blogs">Blogs</a></li> <li><a href="#Experience Design">Experience Design</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> Company <ul style="width: 180px;"> <li><a href="#About">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="#Press">Press</a></li> <li><a href="#Investor">Investor Relations</a></li> <li><a href="#CorporateAffairs">Corporate Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="#Careers">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="#Showcase">Showcase</a></li> <li><a href="#Events">Events</a></li> <li><a href="#ContactUs">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="#Become an affiliate">Become an affiliate</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </JqxMenu></template>
Properties
The properties of the <JqxMenu/> component are defined in the data member of the Vue class.
We should put them in the return object of the data function:
data: function () { return { mode: 'horizontal', enableHover: false }}
Events
The events in Vue are set as an attribute with @ prefix, for example:
<JqxMenu @itemclick="onItemClick()" :mode="mode" :enableHover="enableHover" :width="600" :height="30"> <ul> <li><a href="#Home">Home</a></li> <li> Solutions <ul style="width: 250px;"> <li><a href="#Education">Education</a></li> <li><a href="#Financial">Financial services</a></li> <li><a href="#Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="#Manufacturing">Manufacturing</a></li> <li type="separator"></li> <li> Software Solutions <ul style="width: 220px;"> <li><a href="#ConsumerPhoto">Consumer photo and video</a></li> <li><a href="#Mobile">Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="#RIA">Rich Internet applications</a></li> <li><a href="#TechnicalCommunication">Technical communication</a></li> <li><a href="#Training">Training and eLearning</a></li> <li><a href="#WebConferencing">Web conferencing</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">All industries and solutions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> Products <ul> <li><a href="#PCProducts">PC products</a></li> <li><a href="#MobileProducts">Mobile products</a></li> <li><a href="#AllProducts">All products</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> Support <ul style="width: 200px;"> <li><a href="#SupportHome">Support home</a></li> <li><a href="#CustomerService">Customer Service</a></li> <li><a href="#KB">Knowledge base</a></li> <li><a href="#Books">Books</a></li> <li><a href="#Training">Training and certification</a></li> <li><a href="#SupportPrograms">Support programs</a></li> <li><a href="#Forums">Forums</a></li> <li><a href="#Documentation">Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="#Updates">Updates</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> Communities <ul style="width: 200px;"> <li><a href="#Designers">Designers</a></li> <li><a href="#Developers">Developers</a></li> <li><a href="#Educators">Educators and students</a></li> <li><a href="#Partners">Partners</a></li> <li type="separator"></li> <li> By resource <ul> <li><a href="#Labs">Labs</a></li> <li><a href="#TV">TV</a></li> <li><a href="#Forums">Forums</a></li> <li><a href="#Exchange">Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="#Blogs">Blogs</a></li> <li><a href="#Experience Design">Experience Design</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> Company <ul style="width: 180px;"> <li><a href="#About">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="#Press">Press</a></li> <li><a href="#Investor">Investor Relations</a></li> <li><a href="#CorporateAffairs">Corporate Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="#Careers">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="#Showcase">Showcase</a></li> <li><a href="#Events">Events</a></li> <li><a href="#ContactUs">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="#Become an affiliate">Become an affiliate</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul></JqxMenu>
All events that are bound to a component are implemented in the methods member of the Vue class.
Methods
To use a component's method we should have its reference. In Vue we refer to a component by the special $refs property.
Before that we need to add the desired name reference to that component:
<JqxMenu ref="menu"></JqxMenu>
Here how you can use a component's method:
this.$refs.menu.minimize();
If we want to add additional methods we should also implement them in the methods member.
In case we need to do some precalculation or something else before the components are rendered, we should use the beforeCreate member.
It depends on the case.
If you have followed the above steps, you App.vue file would look like this:
