C# Create and Arrange Node Structure and Appearance of Tree View

KetticTreeView contains the Property Builder for the interface designers to easily create and arrange the node structure and appearance. The Property Builder can be invoked through the context menu or the Smart Tag. With the Property Builder, we can create inline item in KetticTreeView, decelerate data source at design time, drag and drop items within parent control or among controls, control shortcuts and images, apply predefined themes at design time or build custom themes for the KetticTreeView.

Node Commands of KetticTreeView control for Windows Forms

In the Smart Tag or the context menu, we can invoke the Property Builder dialog. The node commands are gathered within the button bar on the left panel of the property builder. These node commands allow us to add, remove, and arrange the nodes of the tree view structure. For example, we can easily add a new root node or a child node, as well as remove the selected node. At the same time, we can make the chosen child node a sibling of its parent and make the chosen node a child of the previous node in the list. Furthermore, we are able to move the selected node up and down in the list.

Apart from the Node commands, there is a Preview area on the Property Builder. In this area, the interface designers can easily view the look of the KetticTreeView and act at run time, including the view of styled behaviors like mouse over effects.

The Structure tab is placed on the right side of the Property Builder dialog. With the structure tab, we can quickly edit the key properties, which correspond to the node that is chosen currently or the KetticTreeView in the Preview area in the Property Builder dialog.

Basic Properties for KetticTreeView WinForms control

Item Height, this property determines the height of item in pixels.
Tree Indentation, this property determines the indentation of the tree view in pixels
Context Menu, the context menu works together with the KetticTreeView, and it will show all KetticDropDownMenu components on the form in the drop down list for the users to choose
TreeView Features, various features are available, such as Drag and Drop, Load on Demand, Checkboxes, TriState Checkboxes and Label Editing.

Basic Properties for Selected Nodes in KetticTreeView

Text, this property is used to set the text content for the node.
Font, the users can change the font, font style, size, font effects and font script via this property.
Context Menu, the context menu works together with the KetticTreeView, and it will show all KetticDropDownMenu components on the form in the drop down list for the users to choose
Image Index or Image Key, these properties are used to select images from a standard Windows forms ImageList component.

Appearance tab of KetticTreeView WinForms control

KetticTreeView control support themes customization. The Appearance tab is used to change the appearance of the KetticTreeView. We can choose a predefined theme to apply to the KetticTreeView or select the Display Lines checkbox to show the lines connecting the nodes and customize the line style and color.

Expert Modes of KetticTreeView control

The Expert mode of KetticTreeView is able to show the entire properties of the control or nodes in the Property window.

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