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How can I clone/copy all the nodes from one TreeView Control to another?

Platform: WinForms| Category: TreeView

The following code snippet demonstrates how you can clone or copy all the nodes in TreeView1 to TreeView2 by clicking on Button1.

[C#]
private void  IterateTreeNodes (TreeNode originalNode, TreeNode rootNode)
	{
		foreach( TreeNode childNode in  originalNode.Nodes)
		{
				
			TreeNode newNode = new TreeNode(childNode.Text);		
			newNode.Tag = childNode.Tag;
			this.treeView2.SelectedNode = rootNode;
			this.treeView2.SelectedNode.Nodes.Add(newNode);
			IterateTreeNodes(childNode, newNode);
		}
	}

//Button Click code
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
	{
		foreach( TreeNode originalNode in  this.treeView1.Nodes)
		{
			TreeNode newNode = new TreeNode(originalNode.Text);
			newNode.Tag = originalNode.Tag;
			this.treeView2.Nodes.Add(newNode);
			IterateTreeNodes(originalNode, newNode);
		}
	}

[VB.NET]
Private  Sub IterateTreeNodes(ByVal originalNode As TreeNode, ByVal rootNode As TreeNode)
		Dim childNode As TreeNode
		For Each childNode In originalNode.Nodes
 
			Dim NewNode As TreeNode =  New TreeNode(childNode.Text) 
			NewNode.Tag = childNode.Tag
			Me.treeView2.SelectedNode = rootNode
			Me.treeView2.SelectedNode.Nodes.Add(NewNode)
			IterateTreeNodes(childNode, NewNode)
		Next
End Sub
 
’Button Click code
Private  Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
		Dim originalNode As TreeNode
		For Each originalNode In Me.treeView1.Nodes
			Dim NewNode As TreeNode =  New TreeNode(originalNode.Text) 
			NewNode.Tag = originalNode.Tag
			Me.treeView2.Nodes.Add(NewNode)
			IterateTreeNodes(originalNode, NewNode)
		Next
End Sub

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