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TreeGrid versions compatibility

Changes log (txt file) Using custom CSS from 13.3 to 14.0 Upgrading from 9.3 to 10.0 Upgrading from 5.9 to 6.0

Using in JavaScript frameworks

Angular Ember Express React Svelte Vue Other frameworks NodeJS server SalesForce LWC

Creating grid

Simple examples Basic information Creating grid Deleting grid Reloading grid Rendering grid Accessing grid by API

Data & communication
Data communication with server

Communication types AJAX communication AJAX SOAP envelope Submit communication Directly included data Data from JavaScript Cross domain / local load by JSONP Sessions (AJAX) Server response (AJAX) Synchronous communication (AJAX) Caching (AJAX) API (AJAX)

Download data

Settings for data download Layout XML structure Data XML structure

Upload data

Settings for data upload API for upload XML structure sent to server

Changing data from server

XML structure of download changes XML structure of request for a cell Synchronizing data with server

Input / output data formats

Complete list of tags Internal XML format Short XML format Extra short XML format DTD XML format JSON format

Cells
Cell basics

Cell type Cell format Dynamic format Dynamic type Cell value Reading / writing attributes by API Cell HTML Cell default Range or more values in one cell Cell with link URL Cell hint Cell tooltip / title Cell popup menu

Cell editing and changing values

Cell editability Dynamic editing Locking Defaults list Suggest list (auto complete) Tags input Changing cell value Mass cell change Clearing cells Editing cells Controlling <input> tag by JavaScript Input validation and restrictions Side checkbox Cell selecting

Calculations - cell formulas

Basics Formulas Mathematical functions Aggregate functions Special functions for actions Custom functions

Calculations - editable cell formulas

Basics Suggest list (auto complete) Defined names Actions for choosing cells Conditional functions Lookup functions Cell reference functions Logical functions Informational functions Mathematical functions Trigonometry functions Rounding numbers Number conversions String functions Date functions Summary functions Custom functions

Cell side buttons

Introduction Right side Button Left side Icon

Cell spanning

Column span Row span Dynamic spanning

Cell style and color

Basic grid style Sizing and scaling - responsive design Dynamic cell style attributes Cell CSS class Cell background color Dynamic cell border Cell HTML style Row color alteration Cell mouse cursor

Editable cell images

Insert image Edit image

Cell types
Automatic type - Auto String - Text, Lines & Pass
Number - Int & Float

Format Localization

Date and time - Date

Format Calendar component Dates dialog Localization

List & combo - Enum & Radio

Introduction Definition Related lists Enum specific Radio specific

Checkbox - Bool
Action button - Button

Introduction Basic clickable button Switch button Radio / tab button Menu button Combo switch button Combo radio / tab button Special Space rows with buttons

Panel with more buttons - Panel

Definition Standard fast panel Custom panel

HTML and special types

Html type EHtml type (editable) Icon type Abs type List type Editable Link type Editable Img type DropCols type Upload File type

Columns

Column basics Column index Column visibility Column visibility menu Column selecting Column tree Auto column tree Column position and moving Column adding and copying Column deleting Column width Column API

Rows
Row basics

Rows by functionality Rows by position Row name Row id Row index

Default rows

Description Example of default rows Example of changing default row Attributes

Row tree

Tree attributes Actions & API for expand / collapse

Row identification

Setting row id attribute Row id attribute in tree Row id created from cell values API for row ids

Row visibility
Row adding and copying

Five ways of adding rows to grid Adding and copying restrictions Adding new empty rows Copying existing rows

Row deleting Row moving and dragging Row selecting Row height Row API Space rows
Features
Sorting rows

Sort settings Controlling sort position Comparing strings Sorting actions Sorting API

Grouping rows to tree

Group settings Creating groups Comparing strings Created group rows <D Group='1'/> User interface to choose grouping Grouping actions and API

Filtering rows

Filter settings Comparing strings User interface to choose filter Filter actions and API

Searching in rows and cells

Search settings User interface for search Search actions and API

Printing grid

Print settings Choosing items to print Page size Print API

Print / export to PDF

Introduction Client side settings Printing options Client side API Server side API Data sent from client to server

Export to Excel or CSV

Introduction and export types Basic settings Styling export XLSX export Gantt export CSV export Old XLS / XHTML export Export API Communication with server Client export Server export

Import from Excel

Basic settings Sheets manipulation

Copy & paste rows via clipboard

Copy & paste permissions Copying to clipboard Pasting from clipboard

Master - detail grids

Introduction External master - detail grids Nested master - detail grids Synchronizing grids Other attributes for master - detail

Pivot tables

Pivot attributes & API Pivot formulas

External objects (custom JavaScript objects) Undo & Redo
Gantt and bar chart
Gantt objects

Gantt objects list Display settings Edit settings

Main bar

Definition of main bar and plans Main bar as Task Edit settings Main bar content and side html Tip on mouse hover Vertical position and height Style specific attributes API to manipulate Main bars Actions Side text (deprecated) Real Flow (deprecated)

Run bar

GanttRun Definition Extended definition Run bar as Task Edit settings Save format Selecting Run boxes Run box content and side html Tip on mouse hover Box identification Vertical position and height Style specific attributes Overlaid (Error) boxes Containers for more boxes Dragging - moving and resizing API to manipulate Run boxes Actions Run special formulas

Summary task

Main for Main Main for Run Editable Main Editable Run

Gantt icons - Flag & Point

Flag - icon with text Point - math points

Gantt display objects

Header - column captions Cell and column Background Vertical movable Line Mark & Progress line

Gantt zoom

Zoom options Chart size limits Zoom selection Paging in Gantt chart

Dependency, constraints & schedule

Introduction Data units Defining dependencies Dependency colors and shapes Changing dependencies Correcting dependencies Scheduling algorithm Project date constraints Task date constraints Critical path - Slack (Float)

Gantt calendars

Global base calendar Local calendar Calendar list Calendars dialog Other settings

Gantt resources

Resources list Resources assign Resources filter Resources calculations Availability chart Resource usage chart Generated resource usage chart

Gantt popup menu Gantt API
Line and XY points charts

Charts in grid cells Chart JSON definition Base chart settings Basic attributes Size Axis and caption Individual chart lines Data sources Visual settings API for standalone usage

Paging in large grids
Paging root rows

Paging types and attributes Auto adding root pages API for paging

Pager components

Side pager Side pager type Pages Side pager type Gantt Side pager type Custom Pager with navigation buttons & edit Pager as list of page indexes

Paging in tree

ChildPaging - load / render on expand MaxChildren - limit children count ChildParts - load / render on scroll

Paging columns

Paging types and attributes Auto adding column pages API for column paging

Server paging

Server paging for root rows Server communication in root paging Root paging in very large tables Server paging in tree Server communication in tree paging XML Request for Data in root paging XML Download Data in root paging XML Request for root Page / children XML Download root Page / children API for server paging

TreeGrid DLL/SO for server paging

Introduction Compatibility with TreeGrid control Using TreeGrid server DLL/SO ASP.NET C# ASP.NET VB PHP JSP Java TreeGrid server concepts Function reference Calculations

JSON menus and dialogs
JSON menu description JSON menu definition example
Menu settings

Base attributes Visual settings Key navigation Behavior Size and scroll

Menu item settings

Base attributes Clickable item Inactive caption Collapsible sub level Popup sub menu Columns Bool item Enum item Edit item

Custom menu in JavaScript

Show custom menu Custom menu position Custom menu advanced settings Custom menu JavaScript events Custom menu JavaScript methods

Calendar dialog Custom calendar & JavaScript events Custom dialog in JavaScript
Global grid settings
Grid size and scroll

Default behavior Maximize grid height and width Update size according to the content Let a user to control the grid size Widths of individual sections Other scrolling attributes and API

Media rules - responsive design
Languages

Language & regional setup (Text.xml) Translate texts dynamically Change language

Grid cursor - Focus & hover

Focused cell and row Focused cell range Move and copy focused cells Filling cell values by dragging Tabulator navigation Key navigation Cursor look - focus & hover

Selecting rows, cells and columns

Selecting base Selecting rows Selecting cells Selecting columns

Global settings

Status messages Configuration menus Configuration menu - options Configuration menu - columns Configuration menu - print / PDF Configuration menu - export Default toolbar Useful API function Help file

Animations

Animations base Row animations Column animations Cell animations Animations for undo / redo Animations for server side changes Dialog animations

Grid configuration in cookies
Mouse & key events & actions

List of event handler types TreeGrid mouse events Mouse event names Key and mouse button prefixes Touch event names Event targets Assigning event actions / callbacks Event action parameters Action name suffix Calling actions from JavaScript Creating custom actions Focused vs. Actual cell TreeGrid key events JavaScript API events

Mouse API event TreeGrid files
Debugging and testing

Debug window Automated testing

TreeGrid data formats

TreeGrid documentation

TreeGrid uses XML structure to describe all input and output data.
Instead of XML there can be used also JSON data format, the tag names are the same as in the XML
The root XML tag is always <Grid>.
Immediate children of <Grid> tag are root tags and describe the parts of the grid:

Tag DescriptionTag namePossible children tags
Communication with server<IO>
Configuration of the entire grid<Cfg>(can be replaced by <Config>)
Key and mouse action schema<Actions>
Default rows<Def><D>
Default columns<DefCols><D>
First left fixed panel column<Panel><C>
Left fixed columns<LeftCols><C>
Variable columns<Cols><C>
Right fixed columns<RightCols><C>
Main Header row with column captions<Header>
Special solid rows<Solid><Space> (or <I>), <Group>, <Search>, <Toolbar>, <Tabber>
Top fixed rows<Head><I>, <Filter>, <Header>
Variable rows in pages<Body><B> (<B> can contain <I> tags that can contain nested <I> tags and so on, unlimited levels of nesting)
Bottom fixed rows<Foot><I>, <Filter>, <Header>
Toolbar<Toolbar>
Configuration menu<MenuCfg>
Columns menu<MenuColumns>
Print menu<MenuPrint>
Export menu<MenuExport>
First vertical Pager<Pager>
Vertical pagers<Pagers><P>
Gantt zoom<Zoom><Z>
Gantt resources<Resources><R>
Gantt calendars<Calendars><E>
Language settings<Lang><Alert>, <Text>, <Gantt>, <MenuButtons>, <MenuCopy>, <MenuCfg>, <MenuFilter>, <Format>
Available languages to use<Languages><XX> (XX means language code like EN, FR or DE)
Translation to given language<TextXX><T> (XX means language code like EN, FR or DE) (T can be replaced by Action value)
Short format setting<Par><P>
Uploading or downloading changes<Changes><I>
Uploading spanned cells<Spanned><I>
Actual filters in request for data<Filters><I> (instead of <Filter>, for backward compatibility)
Defined names to use in editable formulas<Names><N>
Available animations to assign to actions<Animations><A>
Changes for different media<Media><M> (can contain subtags <Cfg>, <Cols>, <Rows>, <Def>, <Lang>, <Pagers>, <Actions>, <MenuCfg>, <MenuColumns>, <MenuPrint>, <MenuExport>)
JavaScript code to run on load<Script>
The parent tags (Def, LeftCols, Cols, RightCols, Solid, Head, Body, Foot, Pagers, Changes, Filters, Par) can have no attributes.

Order of root tags is optional. Not all root tags must be present, most of their attributes are pre-defined in required files Defaults.xml and Text.xml.

If tags are defined in more files, their attributes and children are merged. Existing attributes are overwritten by new value.
Defaults (<D>), columns (<C>) and resources (<R>) tags are merged by Name attribute.
Fixed and Space rows (<I>) are merged by id.
Other tags are single and are merged by tag name.
Pages (<B>) and variable rows (<I>) are not merged, just added, even if they are the same id - this will cause an error. To change existing variable rows or add new rows from server use <Changes> tag.

XML Data are loaded in this order: Text.xml + Bonus, Defaults.xml + Bonus, Base + Bonus, Layout + Bonus, Data + Bonus.

Formats

TreeGrid accepts data in XML format. The XML format can use one of four sub-formats: Internal, Short, Extra short, DTD. These formats differ in speed of processing, data length and DTD standard compatibility. The format structure differs in storing cell values and cell and row attributes.

The preferred format for standard use Internal format.
For large grids you can use Short or Extra short format.

Internal XML format

Preferred format for standard use

The format is fast to process and is shorter then DTD format. It can be generated and processed on server side by standard XML parser but without DTD validation and cannot use standard function to locate rows by their ids.
You cannot use predefined DTD, but you can define you own DTD for your data.
This format is also used in all samples and in TreeGrid server.

This format uses TreeGrid as internal format to store data. So if you use JavaScript API to browse TreeGrid data on client, the data is in internal format.

Internal format stores cell values as row attributes named as column name. And cell attributes stores in row attributes named as column name joined with attribute name.

Internal format example

<Grid<Body><B>
<I idc1='1' c2='xx' CanDelete='0'>
<I id='r11' c2='xx-aa' c3='10' CanEdit='0' c2CanEdit='1'/>
<I id='r12' c2='xx-bb' c3='20'/>
</I>
<I id='r2' c1='2' c2='yy'>
<I id='r21' c1='10' c2='yy-aa' Calculated='1' c3Formula='c1*2'/>
</I>
</B></Body></Grid>

Short XML format

Use for large grids

It is shorter then internal or DTD format and is fast to process. It can be generated and processed on server side by standard parser with DTD validation and using getElementById (or similar) method to find row by id, same as DTD format. But cell values and attributes are stored as text node and needs another parsing on server side.

Short format stores cell values and row and cell attributes except id attribute in text node in row according to predefined Par tag.
Cell attribute names in text use Internal format naming (column name + cell attribute name).
For short format you need to define <P Name='...' List='...'> tag, with list of attributes to use in the short format part. The <P> tag must be defined in XML before it is used!
It is possible to mix short format and internal format, even in one node - some attribute define in node text (short format) and other in node attributes (internal format).
Since 15.0 it is possible to use short format also in JSON format, place the text into ItemsPar attribute as string.

Text node has this format: @par@attr1@attr2@...@attrN
@ is chosen character that is not present in any attribute value (attr1-attrN). You can choose any character you want, but take care to not have it in any attribute value.
par is name of <P Name=''> tag.
attr1, attr2, ..., attrN are separated values of attributes in <P List=''>. Count of attributes (the N) must be the same as count of attributes in List. If any attribute value is missing, just leave the space empty, but separator must be present.
Don't append any empty characters to node texts. Always append enclosing tag or first child's tag immediately after the text.
<P> string

Name

Name of parameter. The row points to this name by the first item in its text node list.
<P> string

List

Comma separated list of row attribute names listed in text node, in this order.
Attribute names always use Internal format (column name + cell attribute name)
For example: <P Name='PP' List='B,C'/> ... <I A='a'>@PP@b@c</I> is the same as <I A='a' B='b' C='c'/>

Short format example XML

<Grid>
<Par>
<P Name='P1' List='CanDelete,c1,c2'/>
<P Name='P2' List='Calculated,CanEdit,c1,c2,c2CanEdit,c3,c3Formula'/>
</Par>
<Body><B>
<I id='r1'>@P1@@1@xx<I id='r11'>@P2@0@0@@xx-aa@1@10@</I>
<I id='r12'>@P2@@@@xx-bb@@20@</I>
</I>
<I id='r2'>@P1@1@2@yy<I id='r21'>@P2@1@@10@yy-aa@@@c1*2</I>
</I>
</B></Body></Grid>

Short format example JSON

{
Par: {
P1 : 'CanDelete,c1,c2',
P2 : 'Calculated,CanEdit,c1,c2,c2CanEdit,c3,c3Formula'
},
Body: [[
{ id:'r1', ItemsPar:'@P1@@1@xx', Items:[
{ id:'r11', ItemsPar:'@P2@0@0@@xx-aa@1@10@'},
{ id:'r12', ItemsPar:'@P2@@@@xx-bb@@20@'}
]},
{ id:'r2', ItemsPar:'@P1@1@2@yy', Items:[
{ id:'r21', ItemsPar:'@P2@1@@10@yy-aa@@@c1*2'}
]}
]]
}

Extra short XML format

Use for very large grids or for long page list in server paging

It is the shortest and is the fastest to process. It can be generated and processed on server side by standard XML parser with DTD validation, but without access rows by their id attribute.
But cell values, row and cell attributes and immediate leaf children row's attributes and cells are stored as text node, therefore it needs another parsing on the server side.

Extra short format stores row attributes, cell values and attributes and attributes of all immediate leaf child rows (rows without children) in text node.
Cell attribute names in text use Internal format naming (column name + cell attribute name).
Since 15.0 it is possible to use extra short format also in JSON format, place the text into ItemsPar attribute as string.

The text node has this format: @par@attr1@attr2@...@attrN@parchild@childcount@attr1-1@...@attr1-N@attr2-1@...@attr2-N@... ... @attrChildCount-1@...@attrChildCount-N
@ is chosen character that is not present in any attribute value (attr1 to attrChildCount-N). You can choose any character you want, but take care to not have it in any attribute value.
par is name of <P Name=''> tag for the parent node attributes.
attr1, attr2, ..., attrN are separated values of attributes in <P List=''>. Count of attributes (the N) must be the same as count of attributes in List. If any attribute value is missing, just leave the space empty, but separator must be present.
parchild is name of <P Name=''> tag for all the children and their attributes.
childcount is count of children listed here.
attr1-1, ... attr1-N are attribute values of the first child row, their names are listed it <P Name='parchild' List='...'/>.
attr2-1, ... attrChildCount-N are attribute values for next children.

If the main row has no attributes and first part is empty, just let it empty, like "@@parchild@childcount@..." - two starting separators.

If there are too many children (>1000), it is possible to use another separator to divide children to sections. This speeds up data parsing in IE.
You can use "#@par@attr1@attr2@...@attrN@parchild@childcount@#attr1-1#...#attr1-N# ... #attr100-1#...#attr100-N@#attr101-1#...#attr101-N# ... #attrChildCount-1#...#attrChildCount-N".
The @ is second separator, it is usually added for every 100 children.

Don't append any empty characters to node texts. Always append enclosing tag or first child's tag immediately after the text.
<P> string

Name

Name of parameter. The row points to this name by the first item in its text node list.
<P> string

List

Comma separated list of row attribute names listed in text node, in this order.
Attribute names always use Internal format (column name + cell attribute name).
For example: <P Name='PP' List='B,C'/> ... <I A='a'>@PP@b@c</I> is the same as <I A='a' B='b' C='c'/>

Extra short format example XML

<Grid>
<Par>
<P Name='N' List='id,CanDelete,c1,c2'/>
<P Name='D' List='id,Calculated,CanEdit,c1,c2,c2CanEdit,c3,c3Formula'/>
</Par>
<Body><B>
<I>@N@r1@@1@xx@D@2@r11@0@0@@xx-aa@1@10@@r12@@@@xx-bb@@20@</I>
<I>@N@r2@1@2@yy@D@1@r21@1@@10@yy-aa@@@c1*2</I>
</B></Body></Grid>

Extra short format example JSON

{
Par: {
P1 : 'CanDelete,c1,c2',
P2 : 'Calculated,CanEdit,c1,c2,c2CanEdit,c3,c3Formula'
},
Body: [[
{ ItemsPar:'@N@r1@@1@xx@D@2@r11@0@0@@xx-aa@1@10@@r12@@@@xx-bb@@20@' },
{ ItemsPar:'@N@r2@1@2@yy@D@1@r21@1@@10@yy-aa@@@c1*2' }
]]
}

Extra short format example 2 XML

Use for very large grids or for long page list in server paging
<Grid>
<Par>
<P Name='B' List='Name,Csum'/>
</Par>
<Body>#@@B@10000@#P1#43#P2#76#P3#45# ... #P99#65@#P100#23#P101#56# ... #P199#34@#P200#89# ... #P9999#123</Body>
</Grid>

Extra short format example 2 JSON

Use for very large grids or for long page list in server paging
{
Par: { B : 'Name,Csum' }
Body: ['#@@B@10000@#P1#43#P2#76#P3#45# ... #P99#65@#P100#23#P101#56# ... #P199#34@#P200#89# ... #P9999#123']
}

DTD XML format

Use only when needed DTD validation

It is largest and has slowest processing. Use it for short data that need to be generated and processed on server side by standard XML parser with DTD validation and using getElementById (or similar) method to find row by id.

DTD format contains each cell data and settings in separate tag <U>. This tag has attribute N with column name and can have attribute V with cell value and other attributes named as cell parameters.

DTD format example

<Grid><Body><B>
<I id='r1' CanDelete='0'><U N='c1' V='1'/><U N='c2' V='xx'/>
<I id='r11' CanEdit='0'><U N='c2' V='xx-aa' CanEdit='1'/><U N='c3' V='10'/></I> <I id='r12'><U N='c2' V='xx-bb'/><U N='c3' V='20'/></I>
</I>
<I id='r2'><U N='c1' V='2'/><U N='c2' V='yy'/>
<I id='r21' Calculated='1'><U N='c1' V='10'/><U N='c2' V='yy-aa'/><U N='c3' Formula='c1*2'/></I>
</I>
</B></Body></Grid>

JSON format

Use if you are more familiar with JavaScript than with XML

It is shorter than Internal format, but longer than Short formats. It can be slower than other formats for long data, especially in IE7 and below.
It does not require to replace characters < and & by XML entities, it simplifies including HTML code into the data.
In strings must be replaced '\' by '\\' and if required " by \".

JSON format used standard JavaScript Object Notation. The strings must be quoted, the number value need not. The bool values must be set as number 0 or 1.
Since 15.0 Long strings can be set as array of strings for better readability. For example "AAABBBCCC" can be set as ["AAA","BBB","CCC"].

The root <Grid> tag is defined as not named object { }.
Before and after the root object can be any characters except < and {, for example var MyData = { /* grid data here */ }
The definition can contains standard JavaScript comments - block /*...*/ and line //

The simple root tags <Cfg>, <IO>, <Panel>, <Header>, <Toolbar>, <MenuCfg>, <Pager>, <Filter>, are defined as object named as the tag,
for example <Cfg MainCol='A'/> is defined as Cfg:{MainCol:'A'}
The list root tags <Cols>, <LeftCols>, <RightCols>, <Def>, <DefCols>, <Head>, <Foot>, <Body>, <Solid>, <Pagers>, <Resources>, <Zoom>, <Filters>, <Media> and <Changes> tags are arrays in [ ],
for example <Body> ... </Body> is defined as Body:[ ... ]
The tags <Cols>, <LeftCols>, <RightCols>, <Def> and <DefCols> are arrays since version 7.0, in previous versions were objects with named children.
The <D> and <C> tags are defined in array as unnamed objects with id or Name attribute and other attributes,
for example: <Cols><C Name='A' Type='Int'/></Cols> is defined as Cols:[{Name:'A',Type:'Int'} ]
Nested <I> tags (in <B>, <I> or <D>) are defined in array named Items,
for example <I id='R1'><I id='R1-1'/></I> is defined as {id:'R1',Items:[{id:'R1-1'}]}
<B> tag without attributes can be defined as array of row objects, with attributes normally with Items tag, for example <B><I/><I/></B> is defined as [{},{}]
It is not possible to define two objects with the same name! For example you cannot define { Cfg:{id:"grid"}, Cfg:{MainCol:"A"} }
Since 14.0 it is possible to define more same root tags with different suffix separated by "_" like Cfg: , Cfg_1:, Cfg_XXX:, etc.
It is not possible to use tag names (except root tags) Header, Filter, Group, Search, Toolbar and Tabber, they must be defined by Kind attribute like <Group ... /> is defined as { Kind:"Group" ... }
The <Lang>, <Languages>, <M> and <Par> tags are defined as object with nested named objects,
for example <Lang><Format ValueSeparator=','/></Lang> is defined as Lang: { Format: { ValueSeparator:':' } }

JSON format example

var Test = {
Cfg: { id:"Json", MainCol:"A", Paging:3 },
Cols: [
{ Name:"A" },
{ Name:"B", Type:"Int", Formula:"1+1" },
{ Name:"C", Format:"d.M.yyyy" }
],
RightCols: [
{ Name:"D", Type:"Date", Format:"hh:mm" }
],
Def: [
{ Name:"R", CType:"Date" }
],
Header: { A:"AAA" },
Head: [
{ Kind:"Header", A:"H1" },
{ A:"H2" },
{ Kind:"Filter", B:3, BFilter:3 }
],
Foot: [
{ A:"F1" }
],
Body: [
[
{ A:"R1", id:"R1", Deleted:1, C:'1/1/2000' },
{ A:"R2", id:"R2", Added:1, Items: [
{ A:"R2-1", Changed:1, AChanged:1 },
{ A:"R2-2", Items: [
{ A:"R2-2-1", Selected:1 }
]}
]}
],
{ id:'B2',Count:1 }
]
}