TreeView Constructor

Definition

Initializes a new instance of the TreeView class.

C#
public TreeView();

Examples

This section contains two code examples. The first code example demonstrates how to use the TreeView constructor to add a TreeView control to a page dynamically. The second code example provides sample XML data for the first code example.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the TreeView constructor to add a TreeView control to a page dynamically. For this example to work correctly, you must copy the sample XML data provided after this code example, to a file named Book.xml.

ASP.NET (C#)

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Create a new TreeView control.
    TreeView NewTree = new TreeView();

    // Set the properties of the TreeView control.
    NewTree.ID = "BookTreeView";
    NewTree.DataSourceID = "BookXmlDataSource";

    // Create the tree node binding relationship.

    // Create the root node binding.
    TreeNodeBinding RootBinding = new TreeNodeBinding();
    RootBinding.DataMember = "Book";
    RootBinding.TextField = "Title";

    // Create the parent node binding.
    TreeNodeBinding ParentBinding = new TreeNodeBinding();
    ParentBinding.DataMember = "Chapter";
    ParentBinding.TextField = "Heading";

    // Create the leaf node binding.
    TreeNodeBinding LeafBinding = new TreeNodeBinding();
    LeafBinding.DataMember = "Section";
    LeafBinding.TextField = "Heading";

    // Add bindings to the DataBindings collection.
    NewTree.DataBindings.Add(RootBinding);
    NewTree.DataBindings.Add(ParentBinding); 
    NewTree.DataBindings.Add(LeafBinding);

    // Manually register the event handler for the SelectedNodeChanged event.
    NewTree.SelectedNodeChanged += new EventHandler(this.Node_Change);

    // Add the TreeView control to the Controls collection of the PlaceHolder control.
    ControlPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(NewTree);

  }

  void Node_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Retrieve the TreeView control from the Controls collection of the PlaceHolder control.
    TreeView LocalTree = (TreeView)ControlPlaceHolder.FindControl("BookTreeView");

    // Display the selected node.
    Message.Text = "You selected: " + LocalTree.SelectedNode.Text;

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>TreeView Constructor Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>TreeView Constructor Example</h3>
      
      <asp:PlaceHolder id="ControlPlaceHolder" runat="server">
      </asp:PlaceHolder>
   
      <asp:XmlDataSource id="BookXmlDataSource"  
        DataFile="Book.xml"
        runat="server">
      </asp:XmlDataSource>
      
      <br /><br />
      
      <asp:Label id="Message" runat="server"/>
    
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

The following code example provides sample XML data for the preceding example.

<Book Title="Book Title">
  <Chapter Heading="Chapter 1">
    <Section Heading="Section 1">
    </Section>
    <Section Heading="Section 2">
    </Section>
  </Chapter>
  <Chapter Heading="Chapter 2">
    <Section Heading="Section 1">
    </Section>
  </Chapter>
</Book>

Remarks

Use the TreeView constructor to create and initialize a new instance of the TreeView class. To add a TreeView control to a page dynamically, create a new TreeView object, set its properties, and then add it to the Control.Controls collection of a container control, such as the PlaceHolder control.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also