I have been having problems generating a JsTree using data from my server. I have tried different formats and appending an existing tree, no dice. The only thing that happens is that it the jstree div gets replaced by
<div id="jstree" class="jstree jstree-1 jstree-default jstree-leaf" role="tree" aria-multiselectable="true" tabindex="0" aria-activedescendant="j1_loading" aria-busy="false"><ul class="jstree-container-ul jstree-children" role="group"></ul></div>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jsTree test</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jstree/3.2.1/themes/default/style.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jstree/3.2.1/jstree.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="jstree">
</div>
<script>
$(function() {
$.ajax({
async : true,
type : "GET",
url : "/treeTest2",
dataType : "json",
success : function(json) {
// alert(JSON.stringify((json)));
createJSTrees(json);
},
error : function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
alert(xhr.status);
alert(thrownError);
}
});
});
function createJSTrees(jsonData) {
$("#jstree").jstree({
"json_data" : {
"data" : jsonData
},
"plugins" : [ "themes", "json_data", "ui" ]
}).bind("select_node.jstree", function (e, data) {
alert(e);
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Heres what the alert(JSON.stringify((json))); returns
[
{
"a_attr": {
"id": 1
},
"text": "lvl1",
"icon": "snipplet",
"metadata": null,
"children": [
{
"a_attr": {
"id": 3
},
"text": "lvl2",
"icon": "snipplet",
"metadata": null,
"children": [
{
"a_attr": {
"id": 5
},
"text": "lvl3",
"icon": "snipplet",
"metadata": null,
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"a_attr": {
"id": 4
},
"text": "lvl2",
"icon": "snipplet",
"metadata": null,
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"a_attr": {
"id": 2
},
"text": "lvl1",
"icon": "snipplet",
"metadata": null,
"children": []
}
]
The metadata tag is needed for data that will be needed later. Everything will be otganised into folders and snipplets. And the id tag will be used in hyperlinks.
2
Answers
Here's the solution.
I believe
id="jstree"
conflicts with the global variablejstree
.Indeed, If you give an ID to an element, this element is directly available in JS, without doing anything :
So, you include the JsTree library, which defines
window.jstree
.Then, you create a div with
id="jstree"
, which automatically overwriteswindow.jstree
.Solution (I guess) : call your div something else, like