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MenuItem.ImageUrl Property

Definition

Gets or sets the URL to an image that is displayed next to the text in a menu item.

public:
 property System::String ^ ImageUrl { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string ImageUrl { get; set; }
member this.ImageUrl : string with get, set
Public Property ImageUrl As String

Property Value

The URL to a custom image that is displayed next to the text of a menu item. The default value is an empty string (""), which indicates that this property is not set.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the ImageUrl property to display a custom image next to the text of a menu item.


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>MenuItem Declarative Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>MenuItem Declarative Example</h3>
    
      <!-- Use declarative syntax to create the   -->
      <!-- menu structure. Create submenu items   -->
      <!-- by nesting them within parent menu     -->
      <!-- items.                                 -->
      <asp:menu id="NavigationMenu"
        staticdisplaylevels="1"
        staticsubmenuindent="10" 
        orientation="Vertical" 
        target="_blank"  
        runat="server">

        <items>
          <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Home.aspx" 
            text="Home"
            imageurl="Images\Home.gif"
            popoutimageurl="Images\Popout.jpg"   
            tooltip="Home">
            <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Music.aspx"
              text="Music"
              popoutimageurl="Images\Popout.jpg"
              tooltip="Music">
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Classical.aspx" 
                text="Classical"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Classical"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Rock.aspx"
                text="Rock"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Rock"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Jazz.aspx"
                text="Jazz"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Jazz"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
            <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Movies.aspx"
              text="Movies"
              popoutimageurl="Images\Popout.jpg"              
              tooltip="Movies">
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Action.aspx"
                text="Action"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Action"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Drama.aspx"
                text="Drama"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Drama"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Musical.aspx"
                text="Musical"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Musical"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
          </asp:menuitem>
        </items>
      
      </asp:menu>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>MenuItem Declarative Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>MenuItem Declarative Example</h3>
    
      <!-- Use declarative syntax to create the   -->
      <!-- menu structure. Create submenu items   -->
      <!-- by nesting them within parent menu     -->
      <!-- items.                                 -->
      <asp:menu id="NavigationMenu"
        staticdisplaylevels="1"
        staticsubmenuindent="10" 
        orientation="Vertical" 
        target="_blank"  
        runat="server">

        <items>
          <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Home.aspx" 
            text="Home"
            imageurl="Images\Home.gif"
            popoutimageurl="Images\Popout.jpg"   
            tooltip="Home">
            <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Music.aspx"
              text="Music"
              popoutimageurl="Images\Popout.jpg"
              tooltip="Music">
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Classical.aspx" 
                text="Classical"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Classical"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Rock.aspx"
                text="Rock"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Rock"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Jazz.aspx"
                text="Jazz"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Jazz"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
            <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Movies.aspx"
              text="Movies"
              popoutimageurl="Images\Popout.jpg"              
              tooltip="Movies">
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Action.aspx"
                text="Action"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Action"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Drama.aspx"
                text="Drama"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Drama"/>
              <asp:menuitem navigateurl="Musical.aspx"
                text="Musical"
                separatorimageurl="Images\Separator.jpg"
                tooltip="Musical"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
          </asp:menuitem>
        </items>
      
      </asp:menu>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the ImageUrl property to specify a custom image for the current menu item in the Menu control. This image is displayed next to the menu item text and can be in any file format (.jpg, .gif, .bmp, and so on), as long as the client's browser supports that format.

Applies to

See also