Need an iPod-like Menu for ASP.NET Pages

Do any of the ASP.NET component vendors have a treeview or menu control that emulates the look and feel of the iPod menu? Has anyone out there built one?

I have a client who would like to save space by letting users drill down deep to their data without the need for an ever-widening treeview.

The picture below (linked to Apple's site) shows the idea... except that each screen replaces the one before - there's no cascading.

Published 30 May 2008 12:03 PM by Ken Cox [MVP]
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# Need an iPod-like Menu for ASP.NET Pages - WebLog of Ken Cox said on 30 May, 2008 12:28 PM

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# Guy Harwood said on 30 May, 2008 12:33 PM

i dunno about controls, but if i was starting from scratch i reckon tables would be my friend in this scenario :)

# Jorge said on 30 May, 2008 02:03 PM

I don't know about any control but that should be extremely easy to do with an update panel and a table. Just update draw the items in the table on runtime as you need them depending on a parameter (like parent=xxx or path=xx,yy,zz)

# Ryan Andersib said on 30 May, 2008 02:53 PM

Sounds like a job for Matt Berseth!

http://mattberseth.com/

# Andrew said on 30 May, 2008 03:39 PM

You should be able to do this using the asp.net menu control.  It might take a bit of manipulation, but I think it can be done.

# Erik said on 30 May, 2008 03:48 PM

Infragistics:

samples.infragistics.com/.../contents.aspx

# Ken Cox [MVP] said on 30 May, 2008 05:19 PM

Erik:

Bingo!  You found one!

Thanks,

Ken

# Ken Cox [MVP] said on 30 May, 2008 05:22 PM

Guy, Jorge, and Andrew:

Every project *should* be easy. It's not til the control is done and debugged that we know how easy it was. <grin>

Ken

# mename said on 31 May, 2008 09:26 AM

threre's alot going on with jQuery community, though not built as asp.net control, it works fine with asp.net

check it out

www.filamentgroup.com/.../jquery_ipod_style_drilldown_menu

# Ken Cox [MVP] said on 31 May, 2008 11:07 AM

mename:

Thanks very much for the jQuery link. That's a very slick implementation!

Ken

# mikedopp said on 02 June, 2008 12:08 PM

You seriously need to turn it into a Zune version also.

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