SiteMenu Wrapper control becoming null

Posted by Community Admin on 15-Feb-2012 00:00

I have created a wrapper around the new SiteMenu to add a header and expose some of the properties in the Sitefinity admin. However when you click Edit on the new control in Siteinfity the SiteMenu control becomes null.

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="SiteMenuWithHeader.ascx.cs" Inherits="AkesocareWeb.UserControls.SiteMenuWithHeader" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="tk" Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.NavigationControls" %>

<tk:SiteMenu ID="SiteMenu1" runat="server" MaxDataBindDepth="1" ></tk:SiteMenu>

</div>

Then these throw null exception when clicking edit in the Sitefintiy admin backend.

[Browsable(true)]

[Category("Appearance")]

public string CssClass

get return this.SiteMenu1.CssClass;

set this.SiteMenu1.CssClass = value;

Posted by Community Admin on 20-Feb-2012 00:00

Hello Michael,

We will need to take a look at the whole source of your control to determine where the problem comes from.

All the best,
Jen Peleva
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 20-Feb-2012 00:00

This is the full code-behind for the control.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.ComponentModel;

using Telerik.Sitefinity;

namespace AkesocareWeb.UserControls

/// <summary>

/// Wrapper with header around the new SF4.4 SiteMenu control.

/// </summary>

public partial class SiteMenuWithHeader : System.Web.UI.UserControl

#region Fields

#endregion

#region Properties

[Browsable(true),

Category("Form Fields"),

Description("Allows the administrator to customize the properties of this label.")]

public Label NavHeading

get return this.txtNavHeading;

set this.txtNavHeading = value;

/// <summary>

/// Exposes the SiteMenu control with all properties.

/// </summary>

[Browsable(true)]

public Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.NavigationControls.SiteMenu NavigationMenu

get return this.SiteMenu1;

set this.SiteMenu1 = value;

#endregion

#region Events

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

SetMenuHeading();

#endregion

#region Methods

#region Private Methods

/// <summary>

/// If no heading is provided by the sitefinity administrator

/// grab the Menu label for the current page to display

/// as the heading for this control.

/// </summary>

private void SetMenuHeading()

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.txtNavHeading.Text))

var currentNode = Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.SiteMapBase.GetActualCurrentNode();

if (currentNode != null)

txtNavHeading.Text = currentNode.Title;

#endregion

#region Public Methods

#endregion

Posted by Community Admin on 24-Feb-2012 00:00

Hello Michael,

I believe you forgot to create a field in your control for CssClass. Take a look at the sample below:

#region Fields

private string cssClass;

Regards,
Jen Peleva
the Telerik team

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