ASP.NET

public class MenuItem
{
    public string Text { get; set; }
    public string CommandName { get; set; }
    public string CommandArgument { get; set; }
}

private List<menuitem> items;

[PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerDefaultProperty)]
public List<menuitem> Items
{
    get
    {
        if (this.items == null)
            this.items = new List<menuitem>();
        return this.items;
    }
}</menuitem></menuitem></menuitem>

<sb:MenuButtonControl ID="mbAdd" runat="server" OnCommand="Add_Command">
     <sb:MenuItem CommandName="Add" Text="Add New" />
     <sb:MenuItem CommandName="Search" Text="Add Existing" />
</sb:MenuButtonControl>

[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content),
PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]

var textValue = document.getElementById('txtComments').innerText;