TreeView.SelectedNode Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the tree node that is currently selected in the tree view control.

public:
 property System::Windows::Forms::TreeNode ^ SelectedNode { System::Windows::Forms::TreeNode ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::Forms::TreeNode ^ value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode SelectedNode { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.SelectedNode : System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode with get, set

Public Property SelectedNode As TreeNode

Property Value

TreeNode

The TreeNode that is currently selected in the tree view control.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example sets the PathSeparator property of a TreeView and displays the number of child tree nodes that is contained in the TreeNodeCollection of the SelectedNode. The percentage of child tree node to total tree nodes in the tree view control is also displayed. This example requires that you have a Form with a Button, and a TreeView control with a TreeNodeCollection that has several TreeNode objects (preferably with three or more levels).

void myButton_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{

   // Set the tree view's PathSeparator property.
   myTreeView->PathSeparator = ".";

   // Get the count of the child tree nodes contained in the SelectedNode.
   int myNodeCount = myTreeView->SelectedNode->GetNodeCount( true );
   Decimal myChildPercentage = ((Decimal)myNodeCount / (Decimal)myTreeView->GetNodeCount( true )) * 100;

   // Display the tree node path and the number of child nodes it and the tree view have.
   MessageBox::Show( String::Concat( "The '", myTreeView->SelectedNode->FullPath, "' node has ", myNodeCount, " child nodes.\nThat is ", String::Format( "{0:###.##}", myChildPercentage ), "% of the total tree nodes in the tree view control." ) );
}

private void myButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   // Set the tree view's PathSeparator property.
   myTreeView.PathSeparator = ".";

   // Get the count of the child tree nodes contained in the SelectedNode.
   int myNodeCount = myTreeView.SelectedNode.GetNodeCount(true);
   decimal myChildPercentage = ((decimal)myNodeCount/
     (decimal)myTreeView.GetNodeCount(true)) * 100;

   // Display the tree node path and the number of child nodes it and the tree view have.
   MessageBox.Show("The '" + myTreeView.SelectedNode.FullPath + "' node has "
     + myNodeCount.ToString() + " child nodes.\nThat is "
     + string.Format("{0:###.##}", myChildPercentage)
     + "% of the total tree nodes in the tree view control.");
}

Private Sub myButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles myButton.Click
   ' Set the tree view's PathSeparator property.
   myTreeView.PathSeparator = "."

   ' Get the count of the child tree nodes contained in the SelectedNode.
   Dim myNodeCount As Integer = myTreeView.SelectedNode.GetNodeCount(True)
   Dim myChildPercentage As Decimal = CDec(myNodeCount) / _
      CDec(myTreeView.GetNodeCount(True)) * 100

   ' Display the tree node path and the number of child nodes it and the tree view have.
   MessageBox.Show(("The '" + myTreeView.SelectedNode.FullPath + "' node has " _
      + myNodeCount.ToString() + " child nodes." + Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Lf _
      + "That is " + String.Format("{0:###.##}", myChildPercentage) _
      + "% of the total tree nodes in the tree view control."))
End Sub

Remarks

If no TreeNode is currently selected, the SelectedNode property is null.

When you set this property, the specified node is scrolled into view and any parent nodes are expanded so that the specified node is visible.

When the parent node or any ancestor node of the selected node is collapsed either programmatically or through user action, the collapsed node becomes the selected node.

See also

• TreeNode