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JavaScript/jQuery Tree List - Keyboard Navigation

In this demo, you can use the following keys and key combinations to interact with the JavaScript TreeList:

  • Enter
    Execute an action on a focused element.

  • Tab
    Navigate within JavaScript TreeList elements.

  • Ctrl + or Ctrl +
    Navigate between a column header, filter row, data area, filter panel, and pager.

  • Ctrl + or Ctrl +
    Expand/collapse the focused row.

Backend API
$(() => { $('#treeListContainer').dxTreeList({ dataSource: employees, keyExpr: 'ID', parentIdExpr: 'Head_ID', showBorders: true, editing: { allowUpdating: true, allowDeleting: true, selectTextOnEditStart: true, useIcons: true, }, headerFilter: { visible: true, }, filterPanel: { visible: true, }, filterRow: { visible: true, }, scrolling: { mode: 'standard', }, pager: { allowedPageSizes: [5, 10], showPageSizeSelector: true, showNavigationButtons: true, }, paging: { enabled: true, pageSize: 10, }, focusedRowEnabled: true, columns: [ 'Full_Name', { dataField: 'Title', caption: 'Position', }, 'City', 'State', ], expandedRowKeys: [1, 2, 3, 5], }); });
<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>window.jQuery || document.write(decodeURIComponent('%3Cscript src="js/jquery.min.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))</script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/24.1.6/css/dx.light.css" /> <script src="js/dx.all.js"></script> <script src="data.js"></script> <script src="index.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <p>Click this text and press <b>Tab</b></p> <div id="treeListContainer"></div> </div> </body> </html>
const employees = [ { ID: 1, Head_ID: 0, Full_Name: 'John Heart', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'CEO', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Email: 'jheart@dx-email.com', Skype: 'jheart_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(213) 555-9392', Birth_Date: '1964-03-16', Hire_Date: '1995-01-15', }, { ID: 2, Head_ID: 1, Full_Name: 'Samantha Bright', Prefix: 'Dr.', Title: 'COO', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Email: 'samanthab@dx-email.com', Skype: 'samanthab_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(213) 555-2858', Birth_Date: '1966-05-02', Hire_Date: '2004-05-24', }, { ID: 3, Head_ID: 1, Full_Name: 'Arthur Miller', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'CTO', City: 'Denver', State: 'Colorado', Email: 'arthurm@dx-email.com', Skype: 'arthurm_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(310) 555-8583', Birth_Date: '1972-07-11', Hire_Date: '2007-12-18', }, { ID: 4, Head_ID: 1, Full_Name: 'Robert Reagan', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'CMO', City: 'Bentonville', State: 'Arkansas', Email: 'robertr@dx-email.com', Skype: 'robertr_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-2387', Birth_Date: '1974-09-07', Hire_Date: '2002-11-08', }, { ID: 5, Head_ID: 1, Full_Name: 'Greta Sims', Prefix: 'Ms.', Title: 'HR Manager', City: 'Atlanta', State: 'Georgia', Email: 'gretas@dx-email.com', Skype: 'gretas_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-6546', Birth_Date: '1977-11-22', Hire_Date: '1998-04-23', }, { ID: 6, Head_ID: 3, Full_Name: 'Brett Wade', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'IT Manager', City: 'Reno', State: 'Nevada', Email: 'brettw@dx-email.com', Skype: 'brettw_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(626) 555-0358', Birth_Date: '1968-12-01', Hire_Date: '2009-03-06', }, { ID: 7, Head_ID: 5, Full_Name: 'Sandra Johnson', Prefix: 'Mrs.', Title: 'Controller', City: 'Beaver', State: 'Utah', Email: 'sandraj@dx-email.com', Skype: 'sandraj_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(562) 555-2082', Birth_Date: '1974-11-15', Hire_Date: '2005-05-11', }, { ID: 8, Head_ID: 4, Full_Name: 'Ed Holmes', Prefix: 'Dr.', Title: 'Sales Manager', City: 'Malibu', State: 'California', Email: 'edwardh@dx-email.com', Skype: 'edwardh_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(310) 555-1288', Birth_Date: '1973-07-14', Hire_Date: '2005-06-19', }, { ID: 9, Head_ID: 3, Full_Name: 'Barb Banks', Prefix: 'Mrs.', Title: 'Support Manager', City: 'Phoenix', State: 'Arizona', Email: 'barbarab@dx-email.com', Skype: 'barbarab_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(310) 555-3355', Birth_Date: '1979-04-14', Hire_Date: '2002-08-07', }, { ID: 10, Head_ID: 2, Full_Name: 'Kevin Carter', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Shipping Manager', City: 'San Diego', State: 'California', Email: 'kevinc@dx-email.com', Skype: 'kevinc_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(213) 555-2840', Birth_Date: '1978-01-09', Hire_Date: '2009-08-11', }, { ID: 11, Head_ID: 5, Full_Name: 'Cindy Stanwick', Prefix: 'Ms.', Title: 'HR Assistant', City: 'Little Rock', State: 'Arkansas', Email: 'cindys@dx-email.com', Skype: 'cindys_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-6655', Birth_Date: '1985-06-05', Hire_Date: '2008-03-24', }, { ID: 12, Head_ID: 8, Full_Name: 'Sammy Hill', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Sales Assistant', City: 'Pasadena', State: 'California', Email: 'sammyh@dx-email.com', Skype: 'sammyh_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(626) 555-7292', Birth_Date: '1984-02-17', Hire_Date: '2012-02-01', }, { ID: 13, Head_ID: 10, Full_Name: 'Davey Jones', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Shipping Assistant', City: 'Pasadena', State: 'California', Email: 'davidj@dx-email.com', Skype: 'davidj_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(626) 555-0281', Birth_Date: '1983-03-06', Hire_Date: '2011-04-24', }, { ID: 14, Head_ID: 10, Full_Name: 'Victor Norris', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Shipping Assistant', City: 'Little Rock', State: 'Arkansas', Email: 'victorn@dx-email.com', Skype: 'victorn_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(213) 555-9278', Birth_Date: '1986-07-23', Hire_Date: '2012-07-23', }, { ID: 15, Head_ID: 10, Full_Name: 'Mary Stern', Prefix: 'Ms.', Title: 'Shipping Assistant', City: 'Beaver', State: 'Utah', Email: 'marys@dx-email.com', Skype: 'marys_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-7857', Birth_Date: '1982-04-08', Hire_Date: '2012-08-12', }, { ID: 16, Head_ID: 10, Full_Name: 'Robin Cosworth', Prefix: 'Mrs.', Title: 'Shipping Assistant', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Email: 'robinc@dx-email.com', Skype: 'robinc_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-0942', Birth_Date: '1981-06-12', Hire_Date: '2012-09-01', }, { ID: 17, Head_ID: 9, Full_Name: 'Kelly Rodriguez', Prefix: 'Ms.', Title: 'Support Assistant', City: 'Boise', State: 'Idaho', Email: 'kellyr@dx-email.com', Skype: 'kellyr_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-9248', Birth_Date: '1988-05-11', Hire_Date: '2012-10-13', }, { ID: 18, Head_ID: 9, Full_Name: 'James Anderson', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Support Assistant', City: 'Atlanta', State: 'Georgia', Email: 'jamesa@dx-email.com', Skype: 'jamesa_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(323) 555-4702', Birth_Date: '1987-01-29', Hire_Date: '2012-10-18', }, { ID: 19, Head_ID: 9, Full_Name: 'Antony Remmen', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Support Assistant', City: 'Boise', State: 'Idaho', Email: 'anthonyr@dx-email.com', Skype: 'anthonyr_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(310) 555-6625', Birth_Date: '1986-02-19', Hire_Date: '2013-01-19', }, { ID: 20, Head_ID: 8, Full_Name: 'Olivia Peyton', Prefix: 'Mrs.', Title: 'Sales Assistant', City: 'Atlanta', State: 'Georgia', Email: 'oliviap@dx-email.com', Skype: 'oliviap_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(310) 555-2728', Birth_Date: '1981-06-03', Hire_Date: '2012-05-14', }, { ID: 21, Head_ID: 6, Full_Name: 'Taylor Riley', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Network Admin', City: 'San Jose', State: 'California', Email: 'taylorr@dx-email.com', Skype: 'taylorr_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(310) 555-7276', Birth_Date: '1982-08-14', Hire_Date: '2012-04-14', }, { ID: 22, Head_ID: 6, Full_Name: 'Amelia Harper', Prefix: 'Mrs.', Title: 'Network Admin', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Email: 'ameliah@dx-email.com', Skype: 'ameliah_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(213) 555-4276', Birth_Date: '1983-11-19', Hire_Date: '2011-02-10', }, { ID: 23, Head_ID: 6, Full_Name: 'Wally Hobbs', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Programmer', City: 'Chatsworth', State: 'California', Email: 'wallyh@dx-email.com', Skype: 'wallyh_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-8872', Birth_Date: '1984-12-24', Hire_Date: '2011-02-17', }, { ID: 24, Head_ID: 6, Full_Name: 'Brad Jameson', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Programmer', City: 'San Fernando', State: 'California', Email: 'bradleyj@dx-email.com', Skype: 'bradleyj_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-4646', Birth_Date: '1988-10-12', Hire_Date: '2011-03-02', }, { ID: 25, Head_ID: 6, Full_Name: 'Karen Goodson', Prefix: 'Miss', Title: 'Programmer', City: 'South Pasadena', State: 'California', Email: 'kareng@dx-email.com', Skype: 'kareng_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(626) 555-0908', Birth_Date: '1987-04-26', Hire_Date: '2011-03-14', }, { ID: 26, Head_ID: 5, Full_Name: 'Marcus Orbison', Prefix: 'Mr.', Title: 'Travel Coordinator', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Email: 'marcuso@dx-email.com', Skype: 'marcuso_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(213) 555-7098', Birth_Date: '1982-03-02', Hire_Date: '2005-05-19', }, { ID: 27, Head_ID: 5, Full_Name: 'Sandy Bright', Prefix: 'Ms.', Title: 'Benefits Coordinator', City: 'Denver', State: 'Colorado', Email: 'sandrab@dx-email.com', Skype: 'sandrab_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-0524', Birth_Date: '1983-09-11', Hire_Date: '2005-06-04', }, { ID: 28, Head_ID: 6, Full_Name: 'Morgan Kennedy', Prefix: 'Mrs.', Title: 'Graphic Designer', City: 'San Fernando Valley', State: 'California', Email: 'morgank@dx-email.com', Skype: 'morgank_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-8238', Birth_Date: '1984-07-17', Hire_Date: '2012-01-11', }, { ID: 29, Head_ID: 28, Full_Name: 'Violet Bailey', Prefix: 'Ms.', Title: 'Jr Graphic Designer', City: 'La Canada', State: 'California', Email: 'violetb@dx-email.com', Skype: 'violetb_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(818) 555-2478', Birth_Date: '1985-06-10', Hire_Date: '2012-01-19', }, { ID: 30, Head_ID: 5, Full_Name: 'Ken Samuelson', Prefix: 'Dr.', Title: 'Ombudsman', City: 'St. Louis', State: 'Missouri', Email: 'kents@dx-email.com', Skype: 'kents_DX_skype', Mobile_Phone: '(562) 555-9282', Birth_Date: '1972-09-11', Hire_Date: '2009-04-22', }, ];