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Using keyboard to expand nodes

Hi, I was surprised that the GridTree didn't expand nodes when pressing the Right arrow key on the keyboard.  I was happy with the keyboard behaviour for up and down to move between expanded nodes only, but I can't see any instructions on how to expand nodes using the keyboard.  Please could you point me in the right direction?

4 Replies

JG Jai Ganesh S Syncfusion Team May 6, 2016 10:17 AM UTC

Hi Craig, 
 
You can achieve your requirement by using the PreviewKeydown event like below, 
 
treeGrid.PreviewKeyDown += treeGrid_PreviewKeyDown; 
 
void treeGrid_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) 
  { 
            var node = this.treeGrid.SelectedNode as GridTreeNode; 
 
            if (node == null) 
                return; 
 
            if (node.ParentNode == null && e.Key == Key.Right) 
            { 
                treeGrid.InternalGrid.ExpandNode(node); 
                 
                e.Handled = true; 
            } 
            else if (node.ParentNode == null && e.Key == Key.Left) 
            { 
                treeGrid.InternalGrid.CollapseNode(node); 
            } 
 
            treeGrid.InternalGrid.ResetDisplay(); 
 
   } 
 
 
Regards, 
Jai Ganesh S 



CG Craig Greenway May 6, 2016 12:27 PM UTC

Thank you, if you have a few levels of nodes, rather than checking ParentNode is there a HasChildren or similar property?


CG Craig Greenway replied to Craig Greenway May 6, 2016 05:40 PM UTC

Thank you, if you have a few levels of nodes, rather than checking ParentNode is there a HasChildren or similar property?

Sorry found what I needed, here's my code for other people:

        private void treeGrid_OnPreviewKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            var node = this.treeGrid.SelectedNode as GridTreeNode;
           
            if (node == null)
                return;       

            if (node.HasChildNodes && e.Key == Key.Right)
            {
                treeGrid.InternalGrid.ExpandNode(node);
                e.Handled = true;
            }
            else if (node.HasChildNodes && e.Key == Key.Left)
            {
                treeGrid.InternalGrid.CollapseNode(node);
                e.Handled = true;
            }
            else if (e.Key == Key.Right || e.Key == Key.Left)
            {
                e.Handled = true;
            }

            treeGrid.InternalGrid.ResetDisplay();
        }


JG Jai Ganesh S Syncfusion Team May 9, 2016 04:05 AM UTC

Hi Craig, 
 
Thank you for the update. 
 
Please let us know if you need further assistance on this. 
 
Regards, 
Jai Ganesh S 


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