Context Menu
17 May 202124 minutes to read
Context menu is used to improve user action with Kanban using popup menu. It can be shown by defining ContextMenuSettings.Enable as true. Context menu has option to add default items in ContextMenuSettings.MenuItems and customized items in ContextMenuSettings.CustomMenuItems.
Default Context Menu items
Please find the below table for default context menu items and its actions.
| Section | Context menu items | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Header | Hide Column | Hide the current column |
| Visible Columns | Show the column if already hidden | |
| Content | Add Card | Start Add new card |
| Card | Edit Card | Start Edit in current card |
| Delete Card | Delete the current card | |
| Top of Row | Move the card to Top of Row | |
| Bottom of Row | Move the card to Bottom of Row | |
| Move Up | Move the card in Up direction | |
| Move Down | Move the card in Down direction | |
| Move Left | Move the card in Left direction | |
| Move Right | Move the card in Right direction | |
| Move to Swimlane | Move the card to Swim lane which is chosen from given list | |
| Print Card | Print the specific card |
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<ej:Kanban ID="Kanban" runat="server" KeyField="Status">
<Columns>
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="Backlog" Key="Open" />
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="In Progress" Key="InProgress" />
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="Done" Key="Close" />
</Columns>
<ContextMenuSettings Enable="true" />
<Fields Content="Summary" PrimaryKey="Id" Tag="Tags" SwimlaneKey="Assignee" />
</ej:Kanban>List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
this.Kanban.DataSource = Task;
this.Kanban.DataBind();
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImgUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImgUrl = ImgUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImgUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example
Custom Context Menu
Custom context menu is used to create your own menu item and its action. To add customized context menu items, you need to use ContextMenuSettings.CustomMenuItems property and to bind required actions for this, use ContextClick event.
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<ej:Kanban ID="Kanban" runat="server" KeyField="Status">
<Columns>
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="Backlog" Key="Open" />
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="In Progress" Key="InProgress" />
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="Done" Key="Close" />
</Columns>
<ContextMenuSettings Enable="true" MenuItems=" ">
<CustomMenuItems>
<ej:CustomMenuItem Text="Clear Selection" />
</CustomMenuItems>
</ContextMenuSettings>
<Fields Content="Summary" PrimaryKey="Id" Tag="Tags" SwimlaneKey="Assignee" />
</ej:Kanban>List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
this.Kanban.DataSource = Task;
this.Kanban.DataBind();
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImgUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImgUrl = ImgUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImgUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.
Sub Context Menu
Sub context menu is used to add customized sub menu to the custom context menu item. To add a sub context menu, you need to use ContextMenuSettings.SubMenu property and to bind required actions for this, use ContextClick event.
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<ej:Kanban ID="Kanban" runat="server" KeyField="Status">
<Columns>
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="Backlog" Key="Open" />
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="In Progress" Key="InProgress" />
<ej:KanbanColumn HeaderText="Done" Key="Close" />
</Columns>
<ContextMenuSettings Enable="true">
<MenuItems></MenuItems>
<CustomMenuItems>
<ej:CustomMenuItem Text="Clear Selection" Target="All" />
<ej:CustomMenuItem Text="Move to Column" Template="#template" />
</CustomMenuItems>
</ContextMenuSettings>
<ClientSideEvents ContextClick="context" />
<Fields Content="Summary" PrimaryKey="Id" Tag="Tags" SwimlaneKey="Assignee" />
</ej:Kanban>
<ul id="template">
<li><a>Open</a></li>
<li><a>InProgress</a></li>
<li><a>Close</a></li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
function context(args) {
if (args.text == "Clear Selection")
this.clearSelection();
}
</script>List<Tasks> Task = new List<Tasks>();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Task.Add(new Tasks(1, "Open", "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", "Story", "Low", "Analyze,Customer", 3.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(2, "InProgress", "Improve application performance", "Improvement", "Normal", "Improvement", 6, "Andrew", "../content/images/kanban/2.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(3, "Open", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", "Others", "Critical", "Meeting", 5.5, "Janet", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(4, "InProgress", "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "IE", 2.5, "Janet", "../content/images/kanban/3.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(5, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", "Bug", "Low", "Customer", 3.5, "Steven", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(6, "Close", "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", "Others", "Low", "Meeting", 2, "Michael", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 1));
Task.Add(new Tasks(7, "Validate", "Validate new requirements", "Improvement", "Low", "Validation", 1.5, "Robert", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 4));
Task.Add(new Tasks(8, "Close", "Login page validation", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Validation,Fix", 2.5, "Laura", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(9, "Testing", "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", "Bug", "Release Breaker", "Fix,Safari", 1.5, "Nancy", "../content/images/kanban/1.png", 2));
Task.Add(new Tasks(10, "Close", "Test the application in the IE browser.", "Story", "Low", "Testing,IE", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(11, "Validate", "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", "Story", "High", "Validation,Fix", 1, "Steven", "../content/images/kanban/5.png", 5));
Task.Add(new Tasks(12, "Testing", "Check Login page validation.", "Story", "Release Breaker", "Testing", 0.5, "Michael", "../content/images/kanban/6.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(13, "Open", "API improvements.", "Improvement", "High", "Grid,API", 3.5, "Robert", "../content/images/kanban/7.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(14, "InProgress", "Add responsive support to application", "Epic", "Critical", "Responsive", 6, "Laura", "../content/images/kanban/8.png", 3));
Task.Add(new Tasks(15, "Open", "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", "Story", "High", "Database,SQL", 5.5, "Margaret", "../content/images/kanban/4.png", 4));
this.Kanban.DataSource = Task;
this.Kanban.DataBind();
}
public class Tasks
{
public Tasks()
{
}
public Tasks(int Id, string Status, string Summary, string Type, string Priority, string Tags, double Estimate, string Assignee, string ImgUrl, int RankId)
{
this.Id = Id;
this.Status = Status;
this.Summary = Summary;
this.Type = Type;
this.Priority = Priority;
this.Tags = Tags;
this.Estimate = Estimate;
this.Assignee = Assignee;
this.ImgUrl = ImgUrl;
this.RankId = RankId;
}
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Priority { get; set; }
public string Tags { get; set; }
public double Estimate { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
public string ImgUrl { get; set; }
public int RankId { get; set; }
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.
