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The C1Menu control includes several unique features, including the following:
- Vertical and Horizontal Menus
Menus and its submenus can be rendered either horizontally or vertically and include other layout options.
- Scrolling
C1Menucan scroll top level menus, sub menus, and sub groups. You can set the scroll mode option to button click scrolling, button hover scrolling, edge hover scrolling, or scroll bars.
- Menu Item Icons
Menu items can have their own icons. Choose from the many built-in icons or add your own icon to the menu.
- Animation
Menu supports different expand and collapse animation effects. For example, fade in, scroll in from the top, open horizontally, bounce, and more.
- Overlay Flash, ActiveX, and Windowed Objects
Unlike other menu controls, C1Menu can overlay any windowed objects, Flash, ActiveX and other standard and 3rd party components so you're not limited in your website design.
- Data Binding Support
Bind the C1Menu control to a data source you can bind to an XML data source or SiteMap data source, or you can even read data from Access data source and create the C1Menu hierarchy dynamically.
- Keyboard Support
Add access key support to give the C1Menu control focus with a chosen key combination. This enables end-users to use the keyboard arrow keys to navigate through the menu and menu items and the ENTER key to open a link in a menu item.
- Theming
With just a click of the SmartTag, change the menu's look by selecting one of the 5 premium themes (Midnight, Aristo, Rocket, Cobalt, and Sterling). Optionally, useThemeRollerfrom jQuery UI to create a customized theme!
- CSS Support
Use a cascading style sheet (CSS) style to define custom skins. CSS support allows you to match the menu control to your organization's standards.