Operating Tree Controls

When you set a tree control to any mode other than indicator mode, you can use the keyboard or the mouse to navigate through it, select items, and drag and drop items.

Selecting Items

You can select items in the tree control with the keyboard in the following ways:

You can select items in the tree control with the mouse in the following ways:

Navigating through the Tree Control

Navigate through the tree using the keyboard in the following ways:

Navigate through the tree using the mouse in the following ways:

Marking Tree Items

You can mark items in the tree in the following ways:

Using the Pop-up Menu

If you right-click the tree control, you activate a menu that contains predefined items, as well as items you can include.

The following tools correspond to the predefined pop-up menu items:

Sizing Columns

If you enable column sizing, you can change the width of a column by dragging the column separator.

Double-click the column separator to auto-size the column to the length of the longest column label or cell contents.

Dragging and Dropping

Drag and drop items within the tree control. Drag the active item to a new place in the tree control. If you drag a parent item, all of its child items are also moved.

Generating Commit Events

You can generate a commit event when the tree control mode is hot or validate in the following ways:

Invoking Other Tree Behavior