TreeView.BeforeExpand Event

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Occurs before the tree node is expanded.

public:
 event System::Windows::Forms::TreeViewCancelEventHandler ^ BeforeExpand;

public event System.Windows.Forms.TreeViewCancelEventHandler BeforeExpand;

member this.BeforeExpand : System.Windows.Forms.TreeViewCancelEventHandler 

Public Custom Event BeforeExpand As TreeViewCancelEventHandler 

Event Type

TreeViewCancelEventHandler

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to change the collapse state of a TreeView so that all the checked nodes are visible. First, all the nodes are collapsed, and a handler is added for the BeforeExpand event. Next, all the nodes are expanded. The BeforeExpand event handler determines whether a given node has child nodes that are checked. If a node does not have checked children, the expansion is canceled for that node. In order to allow standard node expansion when the plus sign next to a node is clicked, the BeforeExpand event handler is then removed.

This behavior can also be implemented by handling the BeforeCollapse event, as illustrated in the example for that topic.

For the complete example, see the CheckBoxes reference topic.

private:
   void showCheckedNodesButton_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
   {
      // Disable redrawing of treeView1 to prevent flickering 
      // while changes are made.
      treeView1->BeginUpdate();
      
      // Collapse all nodes of treeView1.
      treeView1->CollapseAll();
      
      // Add the checkForCheckedChildren event handler to the BeforeExpand event.
      treeView1->BeforeExpand += checkForCheckedChildren;
      
      // Expand all nodes of treeView1. Nodes without checked children are 
      // prevented from expanding by the checkForCheckedChildren event handler.
      treeView1->ExpandAll();
      
      // Remove the checkForCheckedChildren event handler from the BeforeExpand 
      // event so manual node expansion will work correctly.
      treeView1->BeforeExpand -= checkForCheckedChildren;
      
      // Enable redrawing of treeView1.
      treeView1->EndUpdate();
   }

   // Prevent expansion of a node that does not have any checked child nodes.
   void CheckForCheckedChildrenHandler( Object^ /*sender*/, TreeViewCancelEventArgs^ e )
   {
      if (  !HasCheckedChildNodes( e->Node ) )
            e->Cancel = true;
   }


   // Returns a value indicating whether the specified 
   // TreeNode has checked child nodes.
   bool HasCheckedChildNodes( TreeNode^ node )
   {
      if ( node->Nodes->Count == 0 )
            return false;

      System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = node->Nodes->GetEnumerator();
      while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
      {
         TreeNode^ childNode = safe_cast<TreeNode^>(myEnum->Current);
         if ( childNode->Checked )
                  return true;

         // Recursively check the children of the current child node.
         if ( HasCheckedChildNodes( childNode ) )
                  return true;
      }

      return false;
   }

private void showCheckedNodesButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Disable redrawing of treeView1 to prevent flickering 
    // while changes are made.
    treeView1.BeginUpdate();

    // Collapse all nodes of treeView1.
    treeView1.CollapseAll();

    // Add the checkForCheckedChildren event handler to the BeforeExpand event.
    treeView1.BeforeExpand += checkForCheckedChildren;

    // Expand all nodes of treeView1. Nodes without checked children are 
    // prevented from expanding by the checkForCheckedChildren event handler.
    treeView1.ExpandAll();

    // Remove the checkForCheckedChildren event handler from the BeforeExpand 
    // event so manual node expansion will work correctly.
    treeView1.BeforeExpand -= checkForCheckedChildren;

    // Enable redrawing of treeView1.
    treeView1.EndUpdate();
}

// Prevent expansion of a node that does not have any checked child nodes.
private void CheckForCheckedChildrenHandler(object sender, 
    TreeViewCancelEventArgs e)
{
    if (!HasCheckedChildNodes(e.Node)) e.Cancel = true;
}

// Returns a value indicating whether the specified 
// TreeNode has checked child nodes.
private bool HasCheckedChildNodes(TreeNode node)
{
    if (node.Nodes.Count == 0) return false;
    foreach (TreeNode childNode in node.Nodes)
    {
        if (childNode.Checked) return true;
        // Recursively check the children of the current child node.
        if (HasCheckedChildNodes(childNode)) return true;
    }
    return false;
}

Private Sub showCheckedNodesButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    ' Disable redrawing of treeView1 to prevent flickering 
    ' while changes are made.
    treeView1.BeginUpdate()

    ' Collapse all nodes of treeView1.
    treeView1.CollapseAll()

    ' Add the CheckForCheckedChildren event handler to the BeforeExpand event.
    AddHandler treeView1.BeforeExpand, AddressOf CheckForCheckedChildren

    ' Expand all nodes of treeView1. Nodes without checked children are 
    ' prevented from expanding by the checkForCheckedChildren event handler.
    treeView1.ExpandAll()

    ' Remove the checkForCheckedChildren event handler from the BeforeExpand 
    ' event so manual node expansion will work correctly.
    RemoveHandler treeView1.BeforeExpand, AddressOf CheckForCheckedChildren

    ' Enable redrawing of treeView1.
    treeView1.EndUpdate()
End Sub

' Prevent expansion of a node that does not have any checked child nodes.
Private Sub CheckForCheckedChildren(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As TreeViewCancelEventArgs)
    If Not HasCheckedChildNodes(e.Node) Then
        e.Cancel = True
    End If
End Sub

' Returns a value indicating whether the specified 
' TreeNode has checked child nodes.
Private Function HasCheckedChildNodes(ByVal node As TreeNode) As Boolean
    If node.Nodes.Count = 0 Then
        Return False
    End If
    Dim childNode As TreeNode
    For Each childNode In node.Nodes
        If childNode.Checked Then
            Return True
        End If
        ' Recursively check the children of the current child node.
        If HasCheckedChildNodes(childNode) Then
            Return True
        End If
    Next childNode
    Return False
End Function 'HasCheckedChildNodes

Remarks

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

See also

• OnBeforeExpand(TreeViewCancelEventArgs)
• AfterExpand
• OnAfterExpand(TreeViewEventArgs)