TreeView Constructor ()

 

Initializes a new instance of the TreeView class.

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

public:
TreeView()

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 expanded, and a handler is added for the BeforeCollapse event. Next, all the nodes are collapsed. The BeforeCollapse event handler determines whether a given node has child nodes that are checked. If a node has checked children, the collapse is canceled for that node. In order to allow standard node collapse when the minus sign next to a node is clicked, the BeforeCollapse event handler is then removed.

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

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
public ref class Form1: public Form
{
private:
   TreeView^ treeView1;
   Button^ showCheckedNodesButton;
   TreeViewCancelEventHandler^ checkForCheckedChildren;

public:
   Form1()
   {
      treeView1 = gcnew TreeView;
      showCheckedNodesButton = gcnew Button;
      checkForCheckedChildren = gcnew TreeViewCancelEventHandler( this, &Form1::CheckForCheckedChildrenHandler );
      this->SuspendLayout();

      // Initialize treeView1.
      treeView1->Location = Point(0,25);
      treeView1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 292, 248 );
      treeView1->Anchor = static_cast<AnchorStyles>(AnchorStyles::Top | AnchorStyles::Left | AnchorStyles::Bottom | AnchorStyles::Right);
      treeView1->CheckBoxes = true;

      // Add nodes to treeView1.
      TreeNode^ node;
      for ( int x = 0; x < 3; ++x )
      {

         // Add a root node.
         node = treeView1->Nodes->Add( String::Format( "Node{0}", x * 4 ) );
         for ( int y = 1; y < 4; ++y )
         {

            // Add a node as a child of the previously added node.
            node = node->Nodes->Add( String::Format( "Node{0}", x * 4 + y ) );

         }

      }

      // Set the checked state of one of the nodes to
      // demonstrate the showCheckedNodesButton button behavior.
      treeView1->Nodes[ 1 ]->Nodes[ 0 ]->Nodes[ 0 ]->Checked = true;

      // Initialize showCheckedNodesButton.
      showCheckedNodesButton->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 144, 24 );
      showCheckedNodesButton->Text = "Show Checked Nodes";
      showCheckedNodesButton->Click += gcnew EventHandler( this, &Form1::showCheckedNodesButton_Click );

      // Initialize the form.
      this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size( 292, 273 );
      array<Control^>^temp1 = {showCheckedNodesButton,treeView1};
      this->Controls->AddRange( temp1 );
      this->ResumeLayout( 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->ExpandAll();

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

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

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

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

   // Prevent collapse of a node that has 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;
   }
};

int main()
{
   Application::Run( gcnew Form1 );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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