TreeView.ImageIndex Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

TreeView.cs

Gets or sets the image-list index value of the default image that is displayed by the tree nodes.

public:
 property int ImageIndex { int get(); void set(int value); };

[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.NoneExcludedImageIndexConverter))]
[System.Windows.Forms.RelatedImageList("ImageList")]
public int ImageIndex { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.NoneExcludedImageIndexConverter))>]
[<System.Windows.Forms.RelatedImageList("ImageList")>]
member this.ImageIndex : int with get, set

Public Property ImageIndex As Integer

Property Value

Int32

A zero-based index that represents the position of an Image in an ImageList. The default is zero.

Attributes

TypeConverterAttribute RelatedImageListAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The specified index is less than 0.

Examples

The following code example creates and assigns an ImageList to a TreeView control and fills the TreeView control with TreeNode objects. The tree nodes are assigned images from the ImageList that are displayed when in a selected or unselected state. This example requires that you have a Form that contains a TreeView, and an ArrayList that contains Customer objects that each contain Order objects. It is also assumed that the Customer and Order objects are defined.

ref class Customer
{
public:
   ArrayList^ CustomerOrders;
   String^ CustomerName;
   Customer( String^ myName )
   {
      CustomerName = myName;
      CustomerOrders = gcnew ArrayList;
   }

};

ref class Order
{
public:
   String^ OrderID;
   Order( String^ myOrderID )
   {
      this->OrderID = myOrderID;
   }

};

   void FillTreeView()
   {
      
      // Load the images in an ImageList.
      ImageList^ myImageList = gcnew ImageList;
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "Default.gif" ) );
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "SelectedDefault.gif" ) );
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "Root.gif" ) );
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "UnselectedCustomer.gif" ) );
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "SelectedCustomer.gif" ) );
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "UnselectedOrder.gif" ) );
      myImageList->Images->Add( Image::FromFile( "SelectedOrder.gif" ) );
      
      // Assign the ImageList to the TreeView.
      myTreeView->ImageList = myImageList;
      
      // Set the TreeView control's default image and selected image indexes.
      myTreeView->ImageIndex = 0;
      myTreeView->SelectedImageIndex = 1;
      
      /* Set the index of image from the
        ImageList for selected and unselected tree nodes.*/
      this->rootImageIndex = 2;
      this->selectedCustomerImageIndex = 3;
      this->unselectedCustomerImageIndex = 4;
      this->selectedOrderImageIndex = 5;
      this->unselectedOrderImageIndex = 6;
      
      // Create the root tree node.
      TreeNode^ rootNode = gcnew TreeNode( "CustomerList" );
      rootNode->ImageIndex = rootImageIndex;
      rootNode->SelectedImageIndex = rootImageIndex;
      
      // Add a main root tree node.
      myTreeView->Nodes->Add( rootNode );
      
      // Add a root tree node for each Customer object in the ArrayList.
      IEnumerator^ myEnum = customerArray->GetEnumerator();
      while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
      {
         Customer^ myCustomer = safe_cast<Customer^>(myEnum->Current);
         
         // Add a child tree node for each Order object.
         int countIndex = 0;
         array<TreeNode^>^myTreeNodeArray = gcnew array<TreeNode^>(myCustomer->CustomerOrders->Count);
         IEnumerator^ myEnum = myCustomer->CustomerOrders->GetEnumerator();
         while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
         {
            Order^ myOrder = safe_cast<Order^>(myEnum->Current);
            
            // Add the Order tree node to the array.
            myTreeNodeArray[ countIndex ] = gcnew TreeNode( myOrder->OrderID,unselectedOrderImageIndex,selectedOrderImageIndex );
            countIndex++;
         }
         TreeNode^ customerNode = gcnew TreeNode( myCustomer->CustomerName,unselectedCustomerImageIndex,selectedCustomerImageIndex,myTreeNodeArray );
         myTreeView->Nodes[ 0 ]->Nodes->Add( customerNode );
      }
   }

public class Customer
{
   public ArrayList CustomerOrders;
   public string CustomerName;
   public Customer(string myName)
   {
      CustomerName = myName;
      CustomerOrders = new ArrayList(); 
   }
}
public class Order
{
   public string OrderID;
   public Order(string myOrderID )
   {
      this.OrderID = myOrderID;
   }
}

private void FillTreeView()
{
    // Load the images in an ImageList.
    ImageList myImageList = new ImageList();
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("Default.gif"));
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("SelectedDefault.gif"));
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("Root.gif"));
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("UnselectedCustomer.gif"));
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("SelectedCustomer.gif"));
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("UnselectedOrder.gif"));
    myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("SelectedOrder.gif"));
    
    // Assign the ImageList to the TreeView.
    myTreeView.ImageList = myImageList;
    
    // Set the TreeView control's default image and selected image indexes.
    myTreeView.ImageIndex = 0;
    myTreeView.SelectedImageIndex = 1;

    /* Set the index of image from the 
    ImageList for selected and unselected tree nodes.*/
    this.rootImageIndex = 2;
    this.selectedCustomerImageIndex = 3;
    this.unselectedCustomerImageIndex = 4;
    this.selectedOrderImageIndex = 5;
    this.unselectedOrderImageIndex = 6;
    
    // Create the root tree node.
    TreeNode rootNode = new TreeNode("CustomerList");
    rootNode.ImageIndex = rootImageIndex;
    rootNode.SelectedImageIndex = rootImageIndex;
      
    // Add a main root tree node.
    myTreeView.Nodes.Add(rootNode);

    // Add a root tree node for each Customer object in the ArrayList.
    foreach(Customer myCustomer in customerArray)
    {
        // Add a child tree node for each Order object.
        int countIndex=0;
        TreeNode[] myTreeNodeArray = new TreeNode[myCustomer.CustomerOrders.Count];
        foreach(Order myOrder in myCustomer.CustomerOrders)
        {
            // Add the Order tree node to the array.
            myTreeNodeArray[countIndex] = new TreeNode(myOrder.OrderID,
              unselectedOrderImageIndex, selectedOrderImageIndex);
            countIndex++;
        }
        // Add the Customer tree node.
        TreeNode customerNode = new TreeNode(myCustomer.CustomerName,
            unselectedCustomerImageIndex, selectedCustomerImageIndex, myTreeNodeArray);
        myTreeView.Nodes[0].Nodes.Add(customerNode);
    }
}

Public Class Customer
   Public CustomerOrders As ArrayList
   Public CustomerName As String
   
   Public Sub New(myName As String)
      CustomerName = myName
      CustomerOrders = New ArrayList()
   End Sub
End Class


Public Class Order
   Public OrderID As String
   
   Public Sub New(myOrderID As String)
      Me.OrderID = myOrderID
   End Sub
End Class

Private Sub FillTreeView()
   ' Load the images in an ImageList.
   Dim myImageList As New ImageList()
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("Default.gif"))
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("SelectedDefault.gif"))
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("Root.gif"))
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("UnselectedCustomer.gif"))
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("SelectedCustomer.gif"))
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("UnselectedOrder.gif"))
   myImageList.Images.Add(Image.FromFile("SelectedOrder.gif"))
   
   ' Assign the ImageList to the TreeView.
   myTreeView.ImageList = myImageList
   
   ' Set the TreeView control's default image and selected image indexes.
   myTreeView.ImageIndex = 0
   myTreeView.SelectedImageIndex = 1
   
   ' Set the index of image from the 
   ' ImageList for selected and unselected tree nodes.
   Me.rootImageIndex = 2
   Me.selectedCustomerImageIndex = 3
   Me.unselectedCustomerImageIndex = 4
   Me.selectedOrderImageIndex = 5
   Me.unselectedOrderImageIndex = 6
   
   ' Create the root tree node.
   Dim rootNode As New TreeNode("CustomerList")
   rootNode.ImageIndex = rootImageIndex
   rootNode.SelectedImageIndex = rootImageIndex
   
   ' Add a main root tree node.
   myTreeView.Nodes.Add(rootNode)
   
   ' Add a root tree node for each Customer object in the ArrayList.
   Dim myCustomer As Customer
   For Each myCustomer In  customerArray
      ' Add a child tree node for each Order object.
      Dim countIndex As Integer = 0
      Dim myTreeNodeArray(myCustomer.CustomerOrders.Count) As TreeNode
      Dim myOrder As Order
      For Each myOrder In  myCustomer.CustomerOrders
         ' Add the Order tree node to the array.
         myTreeNodeArray(countIndex) = New TreeNode(myOrder.OrderID, _
            unselectedOrderImageIndex, selectedOrderImageIndex)
         countIndex += 1
      Next myOrder
      ' Add the Customer tree node.
      Dim customerNode As New TreeNode(myCustomer.CustomerName, _
         unselectedCustomerImageIndex, selectedCustomerImageIndex, myTreeNodeArray)
      myTreeView.Nodes(0).Nodes.Add(customerNode)
   Next myCustomer
End Sub

Remarks

The ImageIndex value is the index of an Image stored in the ImageList assigned to the ImageList property.

ImageKey and ImageIndex are mutually exclusive, meaning if one is set, the other is set to an invalid value and ignored. If you set the ImageKey property, the ImageIndex property is automatically set to -1. Alternatively, if you set the ImageIndex property, the ImageKey is automatically set to an empty string ("").

Note

When setting the ImageIndex property at run time, the TreeView handle is recreated (see Control.RecreateHandle) to update the control's appearance. This causes all tree nodes to be collapsed, with the exception of the selected TreeNode.