TreeNode::Text Property

 

Gets or sets the text displayed in the label of the tree node.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public:
property String^ Text {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The text displayed in the label of the tree node.

The maximum number of characters that a TreeNode can display is 259. If a String that has more than 259 characters is assigned to this property, only the first 259 characters are displayed.

This property cannot be set by the user if the LabelEdit property of the parent TreeView is set to false. The alternative to explicitly setting this property is to create the tree node by using one of the TreeNode constructors that has a string parameter that represents the Text property. The label is displayed next to the TreeNode image, if one is displayed.

The following code example creates a root tree node to assign child tree nodes to. A child tree node for each Customer object in an ArrayList is added to the root tree node as well as a child tree node for each Order object assigned to the Customer object. The Customer object is assigned to the Tag property, and the tree nodes representing Customer objects are displayed with Orange text. This example requires that you have a Customer and Order object defined, a TreeView control on a Form, and an ArrayList named customerArray that contains Customer objects.

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 AddRootNodes()
   {

      // Add a root node to assign the customer nodes to.
      TreeNode^ rootNode = gcnew TreeNode;
      rootNode->Text = "CustomerList";

      // Add a main root treenode.
      myTreeView->Nodes->Add( rootNode );

      // Add a root treenode for each 'Customer' object in the ArrayList.
      IEnumerator^ myEnum = customerArray->GetEnumerator();
      while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
      {
         Customer^ myCustomer = safe_cast<Customer^>(myEnum->Current);

         // Add a child treenode for each Order object.
         int i = 0;
         array<TreeNode^>^myTreeNodeArray = gcnew array<TreeNode^>(5);
         IEnumerator^ myEnum = myCustomer->CustomerOrders->GetEnumerator();
         while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
         {
            Order^ myOrder = safe_cast<Order^>(myEnum->Current);
            myTreeNodeArray[ i ] = gcnew TreeNode( myOrder->OrderID );
            i++;
         }
         TreeNode^ customerNode = gcnew TreeNode( myCustomer->CustomerName,myTreeNodeArray );

         // Display the customer names with and Orange font.
         customerNode->ForeColor = Color::Orange;

         // Store the Customer Object* in the Tag property of the TreeNode.
         customerNode->Tag = myCustomer;
         myTreeView->Nodes[ 0 ]->Nodes->Add( customerNode );
      }
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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