TreeListView.ParentFieldName Property

Gets or sets the name of the service field in a data source that identifies the parent node. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Grid.Core

Declaration

C#

public string ParentFieldName { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ParentFieldName As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The name of the field that identifies the parent node.

Remarks

If you want to implement the Self-Referential data structure, you should include two service fields in your data source:

Key Field

Contains unique values. Assign this field to the KeyFieldName property.

Parent Field

Identifies the parent node. Assign this field to the ParentFieldName property.

Columns bound to these fields are called service columns.

Both KeyFieldName and ParentFieldName properties support nested fields (for example, Account.Id).

Limitations

• The Key and Parent fields should have the same data type.
• A node cannot have equal Key and Parent field values.
• Do not use Unbound columns as service columns.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-tree-list-calculate-custom-node-summaries/CS/CustomNodeSummaries_CodeBehind/MainWindow.xaml#L14

<dxg:TreeListView AutoExpandAllNodes="True" AutoWidth="True"
                  KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID"
                  ShowNodeFooters="True"

wpf-treelist-iterate-through-nodes-with-the-treelistnodeiterator/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml#L13

    <dxg:TreeListView x:Name="view" AutoWidth="True"
                      KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID"/>
</dxg:GridControl.View>

wpf-lookupedit-display-treelist-as-popup-content/CS/CustomTreeViewComboBox/MainWindow.xaml#L20

KeyFieldName="ID"
ParentFieldName="ParentID"
TreeDerivationMode="Selfreference"/>

wpf-tree-list-generate-node-summaries-from-collection/CS/TreeList_DataBinding/MainWindow.xaml#L32

<dxg:TreeListView Name="treeListView1" AutoWidth="False" ShowTotalSummary="True"
                  KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID"
                  NodeSummarySource="{Binding SummaryList}" NodeSummaryGeneratorTemplate="{StaticResource SummaryTemplate}" ShowNodeFooters="True"/>

wpf-tree-list-display-node-summaries/CS/TreeList_DataBinding/MainWindow.xaml#L21

<dxg:TreeListView Name="treeListView1" AutoWidth="True"
                  KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID"
                  ShowNodeFooters="True">