Remove parent checkbox in Angular TreeView component

27 Aug 20255 minutes to read

By enabling the showCheckBox property, you can render checkbox before each node of TreeView. However, certain application scenarios require checkboxes to appear only for leaf nodes, while parent nodes should remain without checkboxes for a cleaner interface or specific workflow requirements. In such cases, you can selectively hide parent node checkboxes through CSS customization while maintaining the underlying checkbox functionality.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
import { TreeViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations'
import { Component, Inject, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
/**
 * Removing checkbox of parent nodes TreeView sample
 */
@Component({
    imports: [
        FormsModule, TreeViewModule
    ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<div id='treeparent'><ejs-treeview id='treeElement' #treevalidate [fields]='field' cssClass="custom" [showCheckBox]=true></ejs-treeview></div>`
})
export class AppComponent {

    // Data source for TreeView component
    public Countries: Object[] = [
        { id: 1, name: 'India', hasChild: true, expanded: true },
        { id: 2, pid: 1, name: 'Assam' },
        { id: 3, pid: 1, name: 'Bihar' },
        { id: 4, pid: 1, name: 'Tamil Nadu' },
        { id: 6, pid: 1, name: 'Punjab' },
        { id: 7, name: 'Brazil', hasChild: true },
        { id: 8, pid: 7, name: 'Paraná' },
        { id: 9, pid: 7, name: 'Ceará' },
        { id: 10, pid: 7, name: 'Acre' },
        { id: 11, name: 'France', hasChild: true },
        { id: 12, pid: 11, name: 'Pays de la Loire' },
        { id: 13, pid: 11, name: 'Aquitaine' },
        { id: 14, pid: 11, name: 'Brittany' },
        { id: 15, pid: 11, name: 'Lorraine' },
        { id: 16, name: 'Australia', hasChild: true },
        { id: 17, pid: 16, name: 'New South Wales' },
        { id: 18, pid: 16, name: 'Victoria' },
        { id: 19, pid: 16, name: 'South Australia' },
        { id: 20, pid: 16, name: 'Western Australia' },
        { id: 21, name: 'China', hasChild: true },
        { id: 22, pid: 21, name: 'Guangzhou' },
        { id: 23, pid: 21, name: 'Shanghai' },
        { id: 24, pid: 21, name: 'Beijing' },
        { id: 25, pid: 21, name: 'Shantou' }
    ]
    public field: Object = { dataSource: this.Countries, id: 'id', text: 'name', parentID: 'pid', hasChildren: 'hasChild' };
}
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs/styles/material.css';


#treeparent {
    display: block;
    max-width: 400px;
    max-height: 320px;
    margin: auto;
    overflow: auto;
    border: 1px solid #dddddd;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

.custom .e-list-item.e-level-1 .e-text-content.e-icon-wrapper .e-checkbox-wrapper {
    display: none
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));