DxTreeList.ChildrenFieldName Property

Specifies the field name that stores the node’s child data items.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

[DefaultValue(null)]
[Parameter]
public string ChildrenFieldName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	null	The field name that stores children.

Remarks

You can bind the TreeList component to hierarchical data structures that implement the IEnumerable interface. If each node in your data source includes a field with a list of child nodes, follow the steps below to populate the TreeList with data:

1. Bind the Data parameter to a C# property.
2. Populate this property with data in the OnInitialized or OnInitializedAsync lifecycle method.
3. Assign the field name that stores children to the ChildrenFieldName property.

The following example binds the TreeList component to the SpaceObject collection. An object’s Satellites property stores child items.

Razor

@inject SpaceObjectDataProvider SpaceObjectDataProvider

<DxTreeList Data="TreeListData" ChildrenFieldName="Satellites">
    <Columns>
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Name" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="TypeOfObject" Caption="Type" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Mass10pow21kg" Caption="Mass, kg" DisplayFormat="N2">
            <HeaderCaptionTemplate>Mass, 10<sup>21</sup> &#215; kg</HeaderCaptionTemplate>
        </DxTreeListDataColumn>
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="MeanRadiusInKM" Caption="Radius, km" DisplayFormat="N2"/>
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Volume10pow9KM3" DisplayFormat="N2">
            <HeaderCaptionTemplate>Volume, 10<sup>9</sup> &#215; km<sup>3</sup></HeaderCaptionTemplate>
        </DxTreeListDataColumn>
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="SurfaceGravity" DisplayFormat="N2">
            <HeaderCaptionTemplate>Gravity, m/s<sup>2</sup></HeaderCaptionTemplate>
        </DxTreeListDataColumn>
    </Columns>
</DxTreeList>

@code {
    object TreeListData { get; set; }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync() {
        TreeListData = SpaceObjectDataProvider.GenerateData();
    }
}

SpaceObject

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class SpaceObject {
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public double MeanRadiusInKM { get; set; }
    public double Volume10pow9KM3 { get; set; }
    public double Mass10pow21kg { get; set; }
    public double Density { get; set; }
    public double SurfaceGravity { get; set; }
    public string TypeOfObject { get; set; }
    public List<SpaceObject> Satellites { get; set; }
    public SpaceObject(
        string name,
        double meanRadiusInKM,
        double volume10pow9KM3,
        double mass10pow21kg,
        double density,
        double surfaceGravity,
        string typeOfObject,
        List<SpaceObject> satellites = null
    ) {
        Name = name;
        MeanRadiusInKM = meanRadiusInKM;
        Volume10pow9KM3 = volume10pow9KM3;
        Mass10pow21kg = mass10pow21kg;
        Density = density;
        SurfaceGravity = surfaceGravity;
        TypeOfObject = typeOfObject;
        Satellites = satellites ?? new List<SpaceObject>();
    }
}

SpaceObjectDataProvider

public class SpaceObjectDataProvider {
    public List<SpaceObject> GenerateData() {
        return new List<SpaceObject>() {
            new SpaceObject("Sun", 696000, 1412000000, 1989100000, 1.409, 274.0, "Star", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                new SpaceObject("Mercury", 2439.7, 60.83, 330.2, 5.43, 3.7, "Planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Venus", 6051.8, 928.43, 4868.5, 5.24, 8.872, "Planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Earth", 6371.0, 1083.21, 5973.6, 5.515, 9.78033, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject> () {
                    new SpaceObject("Moon", 1737.1, 21.958, 73.5, 3.3464, 1.625, "Satellite")
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Mars", 3390.0, 163.18, 641.85, 3.94, 3.7, "Planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Jupiter", 69911, 1431280, 1898600, 1.33, 24.79, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Ganymede", 2631.2, 76.30, 148.2, 1.936, 1.428, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Callisto", 2410.3, 58.65, 107.6, 1.83, 1.23603, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Io", 1821.5, 25.32, 89.3, 3.528, 1.797, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Europa", 1561, 15.93, 48, 3.01, 1.316, "Satellite"),
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Saturn", 58232, 827130, 568460, 0.70, 10.445, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Titan", 2576, 71.52, 134.5, 1.88, 1.354, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Rhea", 764.4, 1.87, 2.3166, 1.23, 0.26, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Iapetus", 736, 1.55, 1.9739, 1.08, 0.223, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Dione", 561.6, 0.73, 1.096, 1.48, 0.232, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Tethys", 533, 0.624, 0.6173, 1.15, 0.145, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Enceladus", 252.1, 0.067, 0.108, 1.61, 0.111, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Mimas", 198.3, 0.033, 0.03749, 1.15, 0.06363, "Satellite")
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Uranus", 25362, 68340, 86832, 1.30, 8.87, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Titania", 788.9, 2.06, 3.526, 1.72, 0.378, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Oberon", 761.4, 1.85, 3.014, 1.63, 0.347, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Umbriel", 584.7, 0.84, 1.2, 1.4, 0.234, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Ariel", 578.9, 0.81, 1.35, 1.67, 0.269, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Miranda", 235.8, 0.055, 0.0659, 1.20, 0.07910375, "Satellite"),
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Neptune", 24622, 62540, 102430, 1.76, 11.15, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Triton", 1353.4, 10.38, 21.5, 2.061, 0.782, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Proteus", 210, 0.038, 0.050, 1.3, 0.0666, "Satellite"),
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Eris", 1170, 7, 16.7, 2.25, 0.662, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Pluto", 1153, 7.15, 13.105, 2.0, 0.61, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Makemake", 710, 1.8, 3, 2.0, 0.4,  "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Haumea", 575, 1.3, 4.006, 3, 0.44, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Ceres", 475, 0.437, 0.95, 2.08, 0.27, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Pallas", 266, 0.078, 0.211, 2.8, 0.2, "Asteroid"),
                new SpaceObject("Vesta", 264.6, 0.078, 0.262, 3.42, 0.251, "Asteroid")
            })
        };
    }
}

Program.cs

// ...
builder.Services.AddSingleton<SpaceObjectDataProvider>();

Run Demo: Hierarchical Data

Alternatively, you can populate the TreeList component with data during initialization. Refer to the following topic for more information: Bind Blazor TreeList to Data.

Implements

ChildrenFieldName