r.a.d.menu provides a flexible client-side API - you can easily interact with the menu in the browser using the menu client-side object.

1. Getting the RadMenu client-side object: RadMenu creates a client-side object with the ClientID of the menu. You can obtain the reference using the following javascript code:

   var menu = <%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>;
   		

2. Once you get the client-side object of RadMenu, you can use the FindItemByText methods to get the instance of a particular item. Example:

    var menu = <%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>;
           var item = menu.FindItemByText(text);
   		

When you get the instance of a particular item, you can iterate through hierarchy and open all the parents and the item itself.

function ExpandItemByText(text)

{ 

var menu = <%= RadMenu1.ClientID %>; 

var item = menu.FindItemByText(text); 

if (!item) 

{

 alert("Item with text '" + text + "' not found.");

 return;
 
}


// override the initial focus executed by the browser on load 

setTimeout(function () { item.Focus(); }, 0); 

}