- Position indicators
- Restriction
- Drag and drop between trees
- Auto node structuring
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Drag and Drop
14 Aug 20189 minutes to read
To perform the drag and drop operation in tree view, specify the AllowDragAndDrop as true. It allows you to drag and drop a node in all the levels of the same tree view.
The nodeDrag, nodeDragStart, nodeDragStop and
nodeDropped event occurs based on Treeview node drag and drop state.
<ej-tree-view id="treeView" allow-drag-and-drop="true">
<e-tree-view-fields datasource="ViewBag.datasource" id="Id" parent-id="Parent" text="Text">
</e-tree-view-fields>
</ej-tree-view>
NOTE
The tree view provides much easier option to drop the dragged nodes at any levels by indicator lines with icons.
Position indicators
The tree view provides much easier option to drop the dragged nodes at any levels by indicator lines with icons such as: in between line, plus/minus, and restrict icons. It represents the exact position of the node to be dropped as sibling or child.
Indicators |
Description |
Plus icon | Represents the dragged node to be added as a child of targeted node. |
Minus with restrict icon | Represents the dragged node not to be dropped at the hovered region. |
In between icon | Represents the dragged node to be dropped in between the nodes as siblings. |
While dragged node is added as a child of targeted node, it will look like the following:
While dragged node is not dropped at the hovered region, it will look like the following:
While dragged node is dropped in between the nodes as siblings, it will look like the following:
Restriction
You can restrict the dragged nodes to be dropped at siblings or children’s level by using the AllowDropSibling and AllowDropChild properties.
<ej-tree-view id="treeView" allow-drag-and-drop="true" allow-drop-sibling="true" allow-drop-child="false">
<e-tree-view-fields datasource="ViewBag.datasource" id="Id" parent-id="Parent" text="Text">
</e-tree-view-fields>
</ej-tree-view>
Drag and drop between trees
You can drag and drop the tree nodes between two tree view by setting the AllowDragAndDrop as true along with the AllowDragAndDropAcrossControl as true.
In the controller page, create a data list that contains the details about the tree nodes.
public partial class TreeViewController : Controller
{
List<LoadData> tree1 = new List<LoadData>();
List<LoadData> tree2 = new List<LoadData>();
public ActionResult TreeViewFeatures()
{
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 1, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 1" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 2, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 2" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 3, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 3" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 4, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 4" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 5, Parent = 1, Text = "Item 1.1" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 6, Parent = 1, Text = "Item 1.2" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 7, Parent = 1, Text = "Item 1.3" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 8, Parent = 3, Text = "Item 3.1" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 9, Parent = 3, Text = "Item 3.2" });
tree1.Add(new LoadData { Id = 10, Parent = 5, Text = "Item 1.1.1" });
ViewBag.datasource1 = tree1;
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 11, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 5" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 12, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 6" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 13, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 7" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 14, Parent = 0, Text = "Item 4" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 15, Parent = 11, Text = "Item 5.1" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 16, Parent = 11, Text = "Item 5.2" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 17, Parent = 11, Text = "Item 5.3" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 18, Parent = 13, Text = "Item 7.1" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 19, Parent = 13, Text = "Item 7.2" });
tree2.Add(new LoadData { Id = 10, Parent = 15, Text = "Item 5.1.1" });
ViewBag.datasource2 = tree2;
return View();
}
}
In the view page, add the following code and map the properties defined to the corresponding fields in data source, and specify the drag and drop settings.
<ej-tree-view id="treeview1" show-checkbox="true" allow-drag-and-drop="true" allow-drop-sibling="true" allow-drop-child="true" allow-drag-and-drop-across-control="true">
<e-tree-view-fields datasource="ViewBag.datasource1" id="Id" parent-id="Parent" text="Text">
</e-tree-view-fields>
</ej-tree-view>
<ej-tree-view id="treeview2" allow-drag-and-drop="true" allow-drop-sibling="true" allow-drop-child="true" allow-drag-and-drop-across-control="true">
<e-tree-view-fields datasource="ViewBag.datasource2" id="Id" parent-id="Parent" text="Text">
</e-tree-view-fields>
</ej-tree-view>
Auto node structuring
You may not need to have two tree view to be in same structured node while drag and drop the nodes between them. But once the node has been dropped, it should get structured to the tree view node in which it is dropped. By default, the tree view is auto structured whenever you drop a node from different tree.
<ej-tree-view id="treeview1" allow-drag-and-drop="true" allow-drop-sibling="true" allow-drop-child="true" allow-drag-and-drop-across-control="true">
<e-tree-view-fields datasource="ViewBag.datasource1" id="Id" parent-id="Parent" text="Text">
</e-tree-view-fields>
</ej-tree-view>
<ej-tree-view id="treeview2" allow-drag-and-drop="true" allow-drop-sibling="true" allow-drop-child="true" allow-drag-and-drop-across-control="true">
<e-tree-view-fields datasource="ViewBag.datasource2" id="Id" parent-id="Parent" text="Text">
</e-tree-view-fields>
</ej-tree-view>
NOTE
Auto node structure is only applicable for well-structured node object.