ASPxClientTreeView.GetNodeByText(text) Method

Returns a node with the specified text.

Declaration

GetNodeByText(
    text: string
): ASPxClientTreeViewNode

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	string	The text content of the node.

Returns

Type	Description
ASPxClientTreeViewNode	The node with the specified node’s text content.

Remarks

Use the ASPxClientTreeView.GetNodeByText method to get a client node object with the specified text.

This method searches the specified node among all nodes of the ASPxTreeView control by the TreeViewNode.Text property (at all nesting levels). It returns null if you pass invalid text to the parameter.

You can use the ASPxClientTreeViewNode.GetNodeByText method to access a node’s child with the specified text content.

Note

This method returns an incorrect value if the EnableClientSideAPI property is set to false (default). Set this property to true to enable access to a control’s client-side object.

Example

This example demonstrates how to find a node by its text on the client side.

In the example we use the GetNodeByText(text) method to search for the required node. If a node has been found, the code iterates through parent nodes to expand them using the SetExpanded(value) method. After that the found note is selected using the SetSelectedNode(node) method. Note, that the ASPxTreeView's AllowSelectNode property is set to true to allow node selection.

Default.aspx

<script>
function FindNode(s, e) {

    //Check the input data
    if (textbox.GetText()==''){
        alert('Please, input name of a node');
        return;
    }
    if (treeview.GetNodeByText(textbox.GetText()) == null){
        alert('The ' + textbox.GetText() + ' node was not found');
        return;
    }
    var node = treeview.GetNodeByText(textbox.GetText());

    //Iterate through the parent nodes to expand them
    var nodesparent = node.parent;
    while(nodesparent != null) {
        nodesparent.SetExpanded(true);
        nodesparent = nodesparent.parent
    }

    //Select the found node
    treeview.SetSelectedNode(node);
}    
</script>
<dx:ASPxTreeView ID="ASPxTreeView1" runat="server" ClientInstanceName="treeview" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1" AllowSelectNode="True">
</dx:ASPxTreeView>
<br />
<dx:ASPxLabel ID="ASPxLabel1" runat="server" Text="Input the node's text (e.g. 'News')">
</dx:ASPxLabel>
<dx:ASPxTextBox ID="ASPxTextBox1" runat="server" ClientInstanceName="textbox" Width="170px">
</dx:ASPxTextBox>
<br />
<dx:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButton1" runat="server" ClientInstanceName="searchbutton"
    Text="Find" AutoPostBack="False">
    <ClientSideEvents Click="FindNode"/>
</dx:ASPxButton>
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="XmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/App_Data/MenuTabbedMenu.xml"
    OnTransforming="XmlDataSource1_Transforming" XPath="/mainmenu/item">
</asp:XmlDataSource>