TreeView in ASP.NET


Introduction:

The TreeView control is one of the most important controls of ASP.NET controls. It is used to display records in a hierarchical format.

TreeView.png 

Figure 1: TreeView control structure

How to use TreeView control: Follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Visual Studio 2008 and drag a TreeView control from the toolbar and drop on page as follows:

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Figure 2:

Step 2: Copy this code and paste on your page.

<asp:TreeView ID="CourseTreeView" runat="server" OnSelectedNodeChanged="CourseTreeView_SelectedNodeChanged" ShowLines="true" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1" ExpandDepth="1" PopulateNodesFromClient="false">
    <Nodes>
        <asp:TreeNode Text="Puru" PopulateOnDemand="false" Value="-1" />
    </Nodes>
</asp:TreeView>
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="XmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/treenode.xml">
</asp:XmlDataSource>

Here I am binding the node from a xml file. This is optional. You can bind a TreeView node from a database or fix the node directly within the <node> tab.

How to open a popup upon a click of any node in a TreeView?

I am using a small JavaScript function for popup on click.

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_endRequest(EndRequestHandler);
        function EndRequestHandler(sender, args) {
            alert($get("<%=TextBox1.ClientID %>").value);
        }
</script>

The following example demonstrates how to use a TreeView control and how to popup on click of any node.

Example:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %> 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body
>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
    </asp:ScriptManager>
    <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
        <ContentTemplate>
            <asp:TreeView ID="CourseTreeView" runat="server" OnSelectedNodeChanged="CourseTreeView_SelectedNodeChanged"
                ShowLines="true" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1" ExpandDepth="1" PopulateNodesFromClient="false">
                <Nodes>
                    <asp:TreeNode Text="Puru" PopulateOnDemand="false" Value="-1" />
                </Nodes>
            </asp:TreeView>
            <asp:XmlDataSource ID="XmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/treenode.xml">
            </asp:XmlDataSource>
            <span style="display: none;">
                <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
            </span>
        </ContentTemplate>
    </asp:UpdatePanel>

    
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_endRequest(EndRequestHandler);
        function EndRequestHandler(sender, args) {
            alert($get("<%=TextBox1.ClientID %>").value);
        }
    </script>

    
</form>
</body>
</html>
 

protected void CourseTreeView_SelectedNodeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    TextBox1.Text = CourseTreeView.SelectedNode.Text;
}

Output:

output.png
 

Figure 3: Output of TreeView control.

If you click on any tree node, a popup will be shown as follows:

popup.png
 

Figure 4: PopUp shown upon click of a tree node.


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