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Last Updated: 12 Oct 2021 15:16 by Christian
Release 2.20.0
Pavel
Created on: 29 Sep 2020 14:36
Category: TreeView
Type: Bug Report
4
The TreeView does not update when loading children items on demand
When I am loading child items on demand they will not be rendered.
4 comments
Christian
Posted on: 12 Oct 2021 15:16
Nevermind, I wrapped my model inside a new viewmodel class and not it works!
Christian
Posted on: 12 Oct 2021 14:52

Got the same problem but the suggested solution does not work for me. Any other ideas?

Best, Christian

inno
Posted on: 15 Nov 2020 11:57

The same problem also exists when arranging children. The TreeView is not updated.

The method

async Task RepaintTree()
    {
        TreeViewVisible = false;
StateHasChanged();
        await Task.Delay(30);
        TreeViewVisible = true;
        StateHasChanged();
    }

fixes the problem for now in my case.

       
ADMIN
Svetoslav Dimitrov
Posted on: 29 Sep 2020 14:41

Hello,

A workaround would be to toggle the visibility of the entire component so when it renders again with the new data.

@using Telerik.DataSource.Extensions
@* used for the .AddRange() extension method *@

@if (TreeViewVisible)
{
    <TelerikTreeView Data="@HierarchicalData" OnExpand="@LoadChildren">
        <TreeViewBindings>
            <TreeViewBinding TextField="Category" ItemsField="Products" />
            <TreeViewBinding Level="1" TextField="ProductName" />
        </TreeViewBindings>
    </TelerikTreeView>
}


@code {
    public List<ProductCategoryItem> HierarchicalData { get; set; }
    public bool TreeViewVisible { get; set; } = true;

    async Task RepaintTree()
    {
        TreeViewVisible = false;
        await Task.Delay(30);
        TreeViewVisible = true;
        StateHasChanged();
    }

    public class ProductCategoryItem
    {
        public string Category { get; set; }
        public int CategoryId { get; set; } //will be used to identify the node, not for rendering in this example
        public List<ProductItem> Products { get; set; }
        public bool Expanded { get; set; }
        public bool HasChildren { get; set; }
    }

    public class ProductItem
    {
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        // the following fields are to denote you can keep having hierarchy further down. They are not required
        // they are not really used in this example and you would have a collection of child items too
        // see the information about multiple data bindings earlier in this article on using them
        public bool Expanded { get; set; }
        public bool HasChildren { get; set; }
    }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        LoadRootHierarchical();
    }

    private void LoadRootHierarchical()
    {
        HierarchicalData = new List<ProductCategoryItem>();

        HierarchicalData.Add(new ProductCategoryItem
        {
            Category = "Category 1",
            HasChildren = true, // allow the user to expand the item and load children on demand
            CategoryId = 1 // an identifier for use in the service call for child items
        });

        HierarchicalData.Add(new ProductCategoryItem
        {
            Category = "Category 2",
            HasChildren = true,
            CategoryId = 2
        });
    }

    private async Task LoadChildren(TreeViewExpandEventArgs args)
    {
        // check if the item is expanding, we don't need to do anything if it is collapsing
        // in this example we will also check the type of the model to know how to identify the node and what data to load. If you use only one model for all levels, you don't have to do this
        if (args.Expanded && args.Item is ProductCategoryItem)
        {
            ProductCategoryItem currCategory = args.Item as ProductCategoryItem;
            if (currCategory.Products?.Count > 0)
            {
                return; // item has been expanded before so it has data, don't load data again
                        // alternatively, load it again but make sure to handle the child items correctly
                        // either overwrite the entire collection, or use some other logic to append/merge
            }
            int itemIdentifier = currCategory.CategoryId;
            // in a similar fashion, you can identify the item that was just expanded through its properties
            // in this example, we will hardcode some data and logic for brevity
            // in a real case, you would probably await a remote endpoint/service

            if (itemIdentifier == 2) // simulate no data for a certain node - the second in our example
            {
                currCategory.HasChildren = false; // remove the expand icon from the node

                StateHasChanged(); // inform the UI that the data is changed

                return;
            }

            // data requested and received for a certain node
            List<ProductItem> theProducts = new List<ProductItem>() {
                new ProductItem { ProductName= $"Category {itemIdentifier} - Product 1" },
                new ProductItem { ProductName= $"Category {itemIdentifier} - Product 2" }
            };

            // one way to add child elements to a collection
            currCategory.Products = new List<ProductItem>();
            currCategory.Products.AddRange<ProductItem>(theProducts);
            // the AddRange() method comes from the Telerik.DataSource.Extensions

            await RepaintTree();

            StateHasChanged(); // inform the UI that the data is changed
        }
    }
}

Regards,
Svetoslav Dimitrov
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