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11 Sep 2011CPOL 47.6K   3   8
Easy way to sort nodes in a TreeView using a recursive function.
A few days ago, I needed to sort the nodes of a tree view. The solutions that I found over the Internet did not please me, so I decided to write my own. This solution is a simple recursive function that sorts tree nodes in an alphabetic order.

Create your tree view and add your nodes:


C#
TreeView mytree = new TreeView();
//add your nodes here

Then simply call the sort function with the main node as the argument:


C#
sort(node);

Here is the recursive function:


C#
private void sort(TreeNode node)
{
    foreach (TreeNode n in node.ChildNodes)
        sort(n);
    try
    {
        TreeNode temp = null;
        List<TreeNode> childs = new List<TreeNode>();
        while(node.ChildNodes.Count>0)
        {
            foreach (TreeNode n in node.ChildNodes)
                if (temp == null || n.Text[0] < temp.Text[0])
                    temp = n;
            node.ChildNodes.Remove(temp);
            childs.Add(temp);
            temp = null;
        }
        node.ChildNodes.Clear();
        foreach (TreeNode a in childs)
            node.ChildNodes.Add(a);
    }
    catch { }
}

License

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Comments and Discussions

 
Questionincorrect comparison Pin
Member 1024692319-Nov-14 3:04
Member 1024692319-Nov-14 3:04 
replace this "n.Text[0] < temp.Text[0]" with "string.Compare(n.Text,temp.Text).Equals(-1)"
Suggestioncompare full words Pin
Klimovec12-Apr-12 2:49
Klimovec12-Apr-12 2:49 
GeneralHeyy it worked for me. Currently i have a treeview which pop... Pin
rjkumar19879-Jan-12 2:27
rjkumar19879-Jan-12 2:27 
GeneralRe: just replace the logical comparison "n.Text[0] < temp.Text[0... Pin
brunofer200714-Jan-12 23:59
brunofer200714-Jan-12 23:59 
General1-The datasource should be sort not the tree in asp.net. An... Pin
JoePatent13-Sep-11 8:03
JoePatent13-Sep-11 8:03 
GeneralRe: 1 - Sometimes a TreeView doesn't have necessarily a datasour... Pin
brunofer200714-Sep-11 0:36
brunofer200714-Sep-11 0:36 
GeneralCould I ask, why can't you use the default TreeView Sort met... Pin
George Swan11-Sep-11 20:11
mveGeorge Swan11-Sep-11 20:11 
GeneralRe: Hello George, as you can see in the title, this solution is ... Pin
brunofer200711-Sep-11 22:21
brunofer200711-Sep-11 22:21 

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