[Zope] tree tag - only for folders?

[Anthony Baxter]

There's a howto I did some time ago on zope.org - see
http://www.zope.org/Members/anthony/tree-coding-tricks

I think some of it needs to be updated a bit for more recent 
versions of zope, but it should help you get started...


>>> Lee wrote
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a quick about the tree tag - maybe someone can help me out? I
> understand that it is (only/mainly) used for representing
> objects/folders, but what about other sorts of dynamic content - can it
> be used with database data? I shall try and explain how I want to use
> it...
> 
> I'm making a little bookmark app for my homepage where all my bookmarks
> are listed by category (e.g. Zope, Perl, Music). Rather than having
> something like...
> 
> <dtml-in getCategories><b><dtml-var categoryTitle>:</b>
>   <ul>
>     <dtml-in getLinks><li>link info here</li></dtml-in>
>   <ul>
> </dtml-in>
> 
> I would like to have a [+] expansion 'thing' next to each category,
> where clicking it would create a list of associated hyperlinks for that
> category.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> [+] Music
> [+] Perl
> [-] Zope
>     Zope.org
>     ZopeNewbies.com
> 
> Too much graphical detail there I fear :-o
> But I hope that I'm making sense.
> 
> I remember seeing a bit of DHTML a few years ago which would produce the
> 
> desired results, but before spending another year looking for it, I'd
> like to know if the tree tag could be used in this way.
> 
> Thanks very much in advance for any help!
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
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