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I want to add links to the flex menubar

Asked by: montu_12

Hi guys, I am very new to flex and action script, I have this menubar and want to add links in to it. I used itemclick but it only works for the submenu and does not work for the menuItem, Can you guys please help me get the solution to this problem?

for example - when i click on the top level menuitem or submenu item - we should be able to go to google.com or adobe.com

Appreciate it,
Thanks,

this is wt i have so far


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Simple example to demonstrate the MenuBar control. -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="initCollections();" >
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
 
            import mx.events.MenuEvent;
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.collections.*;
 
            [Bindable]
            public var menuBarCollection:XMLListCollection;
    
            private var menubarXML:XMLList =
                <>
                    <menuitem label="Menu1" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-A" data="1A"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-B" data="1B"/>
                    </menuitem>
                    <menuitem label="Menu2" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-A" type="check"  data="2A"/>
                        <menuitem type="separator"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-B" >
                            <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-A" type="radio"
                                groupName="one" data="3A"/>
                            <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-B" type="radio"
                                groupName="one" data="3B"/>
                        </menuitem>
                    </menuitem>
                </>;
 
            // Event handler to initialize the MenuBar control.
            private function initCollections():void {
                menuBarCollection = new XMLListCollection(menubarXML);
            }
 
            // Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
            private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
                // Don't open the Alert for a menu bar item that 
                // opens a popup submenu.
                if (event.item.@data != "top") {
                    Alert.show("Label: " + event.item.@label + "\n" + 
                        "Data: " + event.item.@data, "Clicked menu item");
                }        
            }
         ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:Panel title="MenuBar Control Example" height="75%" width="75%" 
        paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10">
 
        <mx:Label width="100%" color="blue"
           text="Select a menu item."/>
 
        <mx:MenuBar labelField="@label" itemClick="menuHandler(event);" 
            dataProvider="{menuBarCollection}" />
            
    </mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>

                                  
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2009-03-27 at 14:09:45ID24272691
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Answers

 

by: zzynxPosted on 2009-03-28 at 08:05:45ID: 24008758

This will certainly be useful: http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/29/launching-new-browser-windows-from-flex/

In the code you posted, call newWin() instead of Alert.show() and you're done.

 

by: montu_12Posted on 2009-03-28 at 14:24:37ID: 24010256

Thanks dude it worked partially, Now all i want to do is add links on the parent menu item as well. If you notice itemclick only lets you access the submenus and let you put the links but what i really want is to add links on parent menu like Menu1 and Menu2. How do i do that?????

Please help....

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Simple example to demonstrate the MenuBar control. -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="initCollections();" >
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
 
            import mx.events.MenuEvent;
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.collections.*;
 
            [Bindable]
            public var menuBarCollection:XMLListCollection;
    
            private var menubarXML:XMLList =
                <>
                    <menuitem label="Menu1" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-A" data="1A"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-B" data="1B"/>
                    </menuitem>
                    <menuitem label="Menu2" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-A" type="check"  data="2A"/>
                        <menuitem type="separator"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-B" >
                            <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-A" type="radio"
                                groupName="one" data="3A"/>
                            <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-B" type="radio"
                                groupName="one" data="3B"/>
                        </menuitem>
                    </menuitem>
                </>;
 
            // Event handler to initialize the MenuBar control.
            private function initCollections():void {
                menuBarCollection = new XMLListCollection(menubarXML);
            }
 
             import flash.net.navigateToURL;
 
            private function newWin(url:String):void {
                var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
                navigateToURL(urlRequest);
            }
 
            // Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
            private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
                // Don't open the Alert for a menu bar item that 
                // opens a popup submenu.
                if (event.item.@data != "top") {
                    newWin('http://www.adobe.com/');
                }        
            }
         ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:Panel title="MenuBar Control Example" height="75%" width="75%" 
        paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10">
 
        <mx:Label width="100%" color="blue"
           text="Select a menu item."/>
 
        <mx:MenuBar labelField="@label" itemClick="menuHandler(event);" 
            dataProvider="{menuBarCollection}" />
            
    </mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>
                                              
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by: zzynxPosted on 2009-03-29 at 06:18:46ID: 24012577

>> How do i do that?????
If you take a close look at the comment for the method menuHandler():

            // Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
            private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
                // Don't open the Alert for a menu bar item that opens a popup submenu.
                if (event.item.@data != "top") {
                    newWin('http://www.adobe.com/');
                }        
            }

I think what you want, is easily done by removing that if statement:

private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
      newWin('http://www.adobe.com/');
}

But of course you don't want to go to the same site for every menu item, so according to eg. the data field you should navigate to a different site:

private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
    if (event.item.@data != "top1")
        newWin('http://www.adobe.com/');
    else if (event.item.@data != "1A")
        newWin('http://www.younameit.com/');
    else if (event.item.@data != "1B")
        newWin('http://www.microsoft.com/');
    // and so on
}

 

by: montu_12Posted on 2009-03-29 at 10:10:44ID: 24013491

Can anybody please help me how to add link on Menu1 and Menu2 - I Mean if i dont have submenu then i want to click on the Parent Menu and Goto some URL...

Click on Parent Menu (Menu1 or Menu2 )  and Go to Different URLs.........Do Not worry about Submenu - I have the submenu part working fine---

Please help me - I been trying for 3 days now...Please post some code or sample

 

by: zzynxPosted on 2009-03-30 at 01:31:57ID: 24016881

>> Please post some code or sample
What do you think I did in my previous post?

All right another try:

Replace:
                   <menuitem label="Menu1" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-A" data="1A"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-B" data="1B"/>
                    </menuitem>
by just
                   <menuitem label="Menu1" data="top1">
                    </menuitem>

and change the menuHandler() method as I posted in my previous post.

 

by: pepsi_colaPosted on 2009-07-04 at 14:00:29ID: 24778003

In order for you to use links, you need to use "navigateToURL" . Look at the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Simple example to demonstrate the MenuBar control. -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="initCollections();" >
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
 
            import mx.events.MenuEvent;
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.collections.*;
 
            [Bindable]
            public var menuBarCollection:XMLListCollection;
    
            private var menubarXML:XMLList =
                <>
                    <menuitem label="Email" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="Hotmail" data="http://www.hotmail.com"/>
                        <menuitem label="Gmail" data="http://www.gmail.com"/>
                    </menuitem>
                    <menuitem label="News" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="CNN">
                        	<menuitem label="World" data="http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/" />
                        	<menuitem label="U.S." data="http://www.cnn.com/US/" />
                        	<menuitem label="Politics" data="http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/" />
                        </menuitem>
                    </menuitem>
                </>;
 
            // Event handler to initialize the MenuBar control.
            private function initCollections():void {
                menuBarCollection = new XMLListCollection(menubarXML);
            }
 
            // Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
            private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
                // Don't open the Alert for a menu bar item that 
                // opens a popup submenu.
                if (event.item.@data != "top") {
                    navigateToURL(new URLRequest(event.item.@data), '_blank');
                }        
            }
         ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:Panel title="MenuBar Control Example" height="75%" width="75%" 
        paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10">
 
        <mx:Label width="100%" color="blue"
           text="Select a menu item."/>
 
        <mx:MenuBar labelField="@label" itemClick="menuHandler(event);" 
            dataProvider="{menuBarCollection}" />
            
    </mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>

                                              
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by: afactsPosted on 2010-02-07 at 11:30:16ID: 26508955

I think this is what you're looking for:

http://groups.google.com/group/ocflex/browse_thread/thread/26d410adcbe9092c

I'm guessing though that you already found a solution to this, seeing its been close to a year.

 

by: dgofmanPosted on 2012-01-21 at 18:51:19ID: 37499033

This question has been classified as abandoned and is closed as part of the Cleanup Program. See the recommendation for more details.

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