TreeViewCancelEventArgs.Node Property

Definition

Gets the tree node to be checked, expanded, collapsed, or selected.

public System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode Node { get; }
public System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode? Node { get; }

Property Value

The TreeNode to be checked, expanded, collapsed, or selected.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to change the collapse state of a TreeView so that all the checked nodes are visible. First, all the nodes are collapsed, and a handler is added to the TreeView.BeforeExpand event. Next, all the nodes are expanded. The TreeView.BeforeExpand event handler determines whether a given node has child nodes that are checked. If a node does not have checked children, the expansion is canceled for that node. In order to allow normal node expansion when the plus sign next to a node is clicked, the TreeView.BeforeExpand event handler is then removed.

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

For the complete example, see the TreeView.CheckBoxes reference topic.

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.CollapseAll();

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

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

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

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

// Prevent expansion of a node that does not have any checked child nodes.
private 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.
private bool HasCheckedChildNodes(TreeNode node)
{
    if (node.Nodes.Count == 0) return false;
    foreach (TreeNode childNode in node.Nodes)
    {
        if (childNode.Checked) return true;
        // Recursively check the children of the current child node.
        if (HasCheckedChildNodes(childNode)) return true;
    }
    return false;
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also