Clicking on Menu Tree item runs a script

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Hi
I want when I click on menu tree item instead of opening a page it run python script.
How should I do that?

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Hi @nader.chinichian, there is a component event called onItemClicked where you can run a script based on what was clicked. You’ll just need to filter the the items by label or something similar:

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Thansks Joshua,
By the way so if I want to open my main view I have to use script or is there another way to do that? I mean I cant find any property for opening view on Menu Tree. There is only property for opening page.

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No prob! If your main view is setup via a Page Configuration path (shown below), you can assign that path to the target property of a menu item and that view will be shown. If you’re looking to do something semi custom like a popup or displaying a view that isn’t bound to a path, you’ll need to do that via script. In that case, just leave the target property blank for the menu item that you want to trigger this behavior, and use the script.

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Hi
If I have some sub item menu and need to password protect them in the parent Item, How can I do this?
I can setup check password on Parent Item onItemClicked like you said and open page manually but how can I force it to go to sub menu?

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I think you might be better off using a script that would conditionally create the child items based on the password check. That way they just don’t exist until that check has been met. Alternatively, you could enable/disable menu items based on the password check, if that would work for your use case.

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Thanks. good idea.
for your second one, where the props for enable disable menu item?

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Each menu item has an enabled property that allows it to be actionable. If set to false, the menu item won’t open child items or navigate to a destination.