Question

I’m using Telerik MVC Menu to render my mainmenu.
Following code is the line where a certain menu item gets built up:

item.Add().Text("Address").ImageUrl("~/Content/Images/Icons/house.png").Action("index", "basicdata", new {basicdatatype=BasicDataType.ADDRESS});

I expect the url to become: localhost/basicdata/address
But it actually renders: localhost/basicdata?basicdatatype=address

I’d like to get that enum in my Controller as so:

public ActionResult Index(BasicDataType basicDataType)
{
     //Code here
}

But it doesn’t work because the URL isn’t in the right format. Can someone help out?

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EDIT:

Even the following renders the wrong url:

item.Add().Text("Test").Action<BasicDataController>(o => o.Index(BasicDataType.PROJECT));  

Answer 1

As you are using areas, you have to specify that area when linking to it from outside:

@{ Html.Telerik().Menu()
     .Name("Menu")
     .Items(menu =>
     {
       menu.Add()
       .Text("Address")
       .Action("index",
               "basicdata",
               new { basicdatatype = BasicDataType.ADDRESS,
                     area = "basicdata" });
     }).Render();
 }