Types of Menus

The following menu controls are available:

  • MENU
    This is the typical drop-down menu:

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  • DLMENU
    This is a double-line menu representing a two-level hierarchy. It can be found quite often in web applications.

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    When clicking an item in the first line, the corresponding subitems are shown in the second line.

  • Context Menu
    This is a menu which appears in certain controls (tree controls, grid controls) when the user presses the right mouse button.

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All menu controls are completely configured by a corresponding adapter implementation. This means:

  • The structure of the menu and its menu nodes is not statically defined but is dynamically derived by some adapter program logic. For example, you can build a personalized menu taking the user's rights into consideration.

  • Menu information can be dynamically updated during runtime.