Tag Archives: TreeNode

Make a random tree of generic TreeNode objects in C#

Posted on May 14, 2020 by RodStephens

The example Handle generic TreeNode mouse events in C# explains how to build a tree where each node is represent by a TreeNode object. Each TreeNode contains its own object that determines how the node is drawn. This example the … Continue reading →

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Write a TreeView into a tab-delimited file in C#

Posted on January 8, 2018 by RodStephens

The example Load a TreeView from a tab-delimited file in C# shows how to load a TreeView control from a file. This example shows how to do the converse: write a TreeView control’s values into a file. The following SaveTreeViewIntoFile … Continue reading →

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Initialize a TreeView control to display a directory hierarchy in C#

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example adds the following LoadFromDirectory extension method to the TreeView control. // Initialize the TreeView from a directory, // its subdirectories, and their files. public static void LoadFromDirectory(this TreeView trv, string directory, int folder_img, int file_img) { DirectoryInfo dir_info … Continue reading →

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Check a TreeView subtree in C#

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Rod Stephens

Sometimes it’s useful to let the user select a TreeView subtree by clicking on a higher-level node. Then the user can deselect individual nodes within the subtree if desired. For example, in the picture shown here I checked the Dinner … Continue reading →

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Display context menus for TreeView items in C#

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example displays different context menus when you right-click on different kinds of nodes in a TreeView control. In this example, different nodes represent factories, groups, or individuals. Different node types display different context menus. When it starts, the program … Continue reading →

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Enumerate TreeView nodes in C#

Posted on April 27, 2017 by RodStephens

The previous two posts show two ways you can enumerate TreeView nodes that are checked. The idea is to recursively crawl over the tree’s nodes and pick out the checked ones. Unfortunately that method isn’t easily extendable. For example, if … Continue reading →

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Yield checked TreeView nodes in C#

Posted on April 26, 2017 by RodStephens

The previous example used recursion to traverse the nodes in a TreeView control and fill a list with the nodes that are checked. This example uses a slightly different approach. It traverses the TreeView control’s nodes and uses the yield … Continue reading →

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Make a list of checked TreeView nodes in C#

Posted on April 25, 2017 by RodStephens

If you set a TreeView control’s CheckBoxes property to true, then the control displays boxes that the user can check to select nodes. In that case you will probably need to find the checked TreeView nodes at some point. Strangely … Continue reading →

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Display a form’s control hierarchy in C#

Posted on March 25, 2017 by RodStephens

This example displays the control hierarchy for a form. It’s actually relatively simple. Some controls can contain other controls. For example, a form is a control and it contains all of a Windows Forms application’s controls. Similarly Panel, TableLayoutPanel, SplitContainer, … Continue reading →

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Draw a scrolling family tree in C#

Posted on January 17, 2017 by RodStephens

The example Draw a family tree in C# shows how to draw a family tree. Unfortunately if the tree is too big, you can’t make the form big enough to display it all. One solution would be to use smaller … Continue reading →

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