My goal is to create a versatile accordion-style navigation menu with submenus in AngularJS. This menu should be able to dynamically load menu data, determine which items have submenus, and more. I have experimented with angular-ui/bootstrap accordion elements, but I prefer using list-items as they offer more flexibility in terms of styling.
The desired functionality includes:
- Dynamic loading of menu data
- Dynamic loading of submenu data
- Dynamic assignment of which menus have submenus
- Accordion-style behavior where clicking on one item with a submenu closes others
- Clickable end-point menus that act as links or expand their submenus without navigating
- Auto-collapse of submenus when clicking away from the menu area
- Status awareness to highlight active menu items
- Ability to indicate submenu presence and state through chevrons
- Preferably implemented using CSS/HTML
For reference, I have a working jQuery version available here.
function initMenu() {
// JavaScript function code here
}
// Other JavaScript functions...
$(document).ready(function () {
initMenu();
});
// Additional jQuery event listeners...
A sample JSON menu structure (in coffee-script) looks like this:
S.mainMenu = [
// Menu items with icons and URLs
];
There are 3 regular menus and 2 menus with submenus in the JSON structure.
I am looking to transition this functionality from jQuery to Angular. I believe utilizing directives for both the top-level accordion menu and submenu would be an appropriate approach, but my directive implementation skills are still developing. Any guidance on converting this menu structure in Angular and determining the placement of trigger calls like $(document).ready would be greatly appreciated.
Creating a generic, dynamically loaded menu system with configurable numbers of menus and submenus could benefit many developers. The question has been structured to address various needs around implementing such a menu system efficiently.
Thank you for your assistance!