How to: Drag XtraGrid rows to the XtraTreeList
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This example demonstrates how to drag-and-drop rows from the Grid Control to the Tree List control. To support drag-and-drop operations within the GridView, set the ColumnViewOptionsBehavior.EditorShowMode property to either MouseUp or Click. This prevents a cell editor from being opened on the MouseDown event, as this event is used for initialization of drag-and drop operations. To allow the Tree List to accept data dropped onto it, set its AllowDrop property to true.
The TreeList.GetDXDragEventArgs method is used to convert drag event arguments to the DXDragEventArgs type. This allows you to get extended drag-and-drop parameters. The following parameters are used in this example:
- DXDragEventArgsDrag.TagetNode - the target node over which the row is dropped;
- DXDragEventArgsDrag.DragInsertPosition - specifies how a node is inserted (as a child, before or after a node, or at the end of the node collection).
The TreeList is bound to a BindingList data source. Nodes are added using the AppendNode method overload, which takes an array of column values as a parameter. The order of values in this array should match the order of the public properties in the data source.
Note
A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-drag-and-drop-gridcontrol-rows-to-the-treelist-t202760
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.ViewInfo;
using DevExpress.XtraTreeList;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid;
using DevExpress.XtraTreeList.Nodes;
using DevExpress.XtraTreeList.Columns;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
namespace DragAndDropRows {
public partial class Form1 : XtraForm {
GridHitInfo hitInfo = null;
BindingList<Person> gridDataSource = new BindingList<Person>();
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
InitGrid();
InitTreeList();
}
void InitGrid() {
gridDataSource.Add(new Person("John", "Smith", "USA"));
gridDataSource.Add(new Person("Michael", "Suyama", "UK"));
gridDataSource.Add(new Person("Laura", "Callahan", "UK"));
gridDataSource.Add(new Person("Gerard", "Blain", "France"));
gridDataSource.Add(new Person("Sergio", "Rubini", "Italy"));
gridDataSource.Add(new Person("Andrew", "Fuller", "USA"));
gridControl.DataSource = gridDataSource;
// Enable support for drag-and-drop operations within the View.
gridView.OptionsBehavior.EditorShowMode = DevExpress.Utils.EditorShowMode.Click;
}
void InitTreeList() {
treeList.DataSource = new BindingList<PersonEx>() ;
// Specify the key field in the data source.
treeList.KeyFieldName = "ID";
// Specify the data source field identifying the parent key field.
treeList.ParentFieldName = "ParentID";
// Allow the control to accept data dropped onto it.
treeList.AllowDrop = true;
// Allow tree indents to be interpreted as parts of rows.
// The TargetNode parameter of the TreeList.DragDrop event will return a proper node, when dropping over tree indents.
treeList.OptionsView.ShowIndentAsRowStyle = true;
}
private void gridControl_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
hitInfo = gridView.CalcHitInfo(new Point(e.X, e.Y));
}
// Initialize a drag-and-drop operation.
private void gridControl_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
if (hitInfo == null) return;
if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left) return;
Rectangle dragRect = new Rectangle(new Point(
hitInfo.HitPoint.X - SystemInformation.DragSize.Width / 2,
hitInfo.HitPoint.Y - SystemInformation.DragSize.Height / 2), SystemInformation.DragSize);
if (!(hitInfo.RowHandle == GridControl.InvalidRowHandle) && !dragRect.Contains(new Point(e.X, e.Y))) {
Object data = gridView.GetRow(hitInfo.RowHandle);
gridControl.DoDragDrop(data, DragDropEffects.Copy);
}
}
private void treeList_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e) {
e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
}
// Add a node to the TreeList when a grid row is dropped.
private void treeList_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e) {
// Get extended arguments of the drag event.
DXDragEventArgs args = treeList.GetDXDragEventArgs(e);
// Get how a node is inserted (as a child, before or after a node, or at the end of the node collection).
DragInsertPosition position = args.DragInsertPosition;
Person dataRow = e.Data.GetData(typeof(DragAndDropRows.Person)) as Person;
if (dataRow == null) return;
int parentID = (int)treeList.RootValue;
// Get the node over which the row is dropped.
TreeListNode node = args.TargetNode;
// Add a node at the root level.
if (node == null) {
treeList.AppendNode((new PersonEx(dataRow, parentID)).ToArray(), null);
}
else {
// Add a child node to the target node.
if (position == DragInsertPosition.AsChild) {
parentID = Convert.ToInt32(node.GetValue("ID"));
Object[] targetObject = (new PersonEx(dataRow, parentID)).ToArray();
treeList.AppendNode(targetObject, node);
}
// Insert a node before the taget node.
if (position == DragInsertPosition.Before) {
parentID = Convert.ToInt32(node.GetValue("ParentID"));
Object[] targetObject = (new PersonEx(dataRow, parentID)).ToArray();
TreeListNode newNode = treeList.AppendNode(targetObject, node.ParentNode);
int targetPosition;
if (node.ParentNode == null)
targetPosition = treeList.Nodes.IndexOf(node);
else targetPosition = node.ParentNode.Nodes.IndexOf(node);
treeList.SetNodeIndex(newNode, targetPosition);
}
node.Expanded = true;
}
}
private void treeList_DragOver(object sender, DragEventArgs e) {
e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
}
}
}