"Frappuccino",
                    "parentid": "-1",
                    "subMenuWidth": '250px'
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chocolate Beverage",
                    "id": "1",
                    "parentid": "-1",
                    "subMenuWidth": '250px'
                }, {
                    "id": "2",
                    "parentid": "1",
                    "text": "Hot Chocolate"
                }, {
                    "id": "3",
                    "parentid": "1",
                    "text": "Peppermint Hot Chocolate"
                }, {
                    "id": "4",
                    "parentid": "1",
                    "text": "Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate"
                }, {
                    "id": "5",
                    "parentid": "1",
                    "text": "White Hot Chocolate"
                }, {
                    "id": "6",
                    "text": "Espresso Beverage",
                    "parentid": "-1",
                    "subMenuWidth": '200px'
                }, {
                    "id": "7",
                    "parentid": "6",
                    "text": "Caffe Americano"
                }, {
                    "id": "8",
                    "text": "Caffe Latte",
                    "parentid": "6"
                }, {
                    "id": "9",
                    "text": "Caffe Mocha",
                    "parentid": "6"
                }, {
                    "id": "10",
                    "text": "Cappuccino",
                    "parentid": "6"
                }, {
                    "id": "11",
                    "text": "Pumpkin Spice Latte",
                    "parentid": "6"
                }, {
                    "id": "13",
                    "text": "Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino",
                    "parentid": "12"
                }, {
                    "id": "15",
                    "text": "450 calories",
                    "parentid": "13"
                }, {
                    "id": "16",
                    "text": "16g fat",
                    "parentid": "13"
                }, {
                    "id": "17",
                    "text": "13g protein",
                    "parentid": "13"
                }, {
                    "id": "14",
                    "text": "Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino Light",
                    "parentid": "12"
                }]

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                    datafields: [
                        { name: 'id' },
                        { name: 'parentid' },
                        { name: 'text' },
                        { name: 'subMenuWidth' }
                    ],
                    id: 'id',
                    localdata: data
                };

                // create data adapter.
                var dataAdapter = new $.jqx.dataAdapter(source);
                // perform Data Binding.
                dataAdapter.dataBind();
                // get the menu items. The first parameter is the item's id. The second parameter is the parent item's id. The 'items' parameter represents 
                // the sub items collection name. Each jqxTree item has a 'label' property, but in the JSON data, we have a 'text' field. The last parameter 
                // specifies the mapping between the 'text' and 'label' fields.  
                var records = dataAdapter.getRecordsHierarchy('id', 'parentid', 'items', [{ name: 'text', map: 'label'}]);
                $('#jqxWidget').jqxMenu({ source: records, height: 30,  width: '400px' });
                $("#jqxWidget").on('itemclick', function (event) {
                    $("#eventLog").text("Id: " + event.args.id + ", Text: " + $(event.args).text());
                });
            });
        </script>
        <div id='jqxWidget'>
        </div>
        <div style="margin-top: 50px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana;" id="eventLog"></div>
    </div>
</body>
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