Set tooltip for tree nodes in EJ2 TypeScript TreeView control

28 Jan 202513 minutes to read

The TreeView control allows you to set a tooltip for tree nodes using the tooltip property. The following code example demonstrates how to set a tooltip for TreeView nodes.

import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { TreeView } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';
enableRipple(true);

/**
 * TreeView tooltip sample
 */

// Hierarchical data source for TreeView control
let hierarchicalData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
    {
        id: '01', name: 'Local Disk (C:)', expanded: true, tooltip: 'This is parent directory',
        subChild: [
            {
                id: '01-01', name: 'Program Files', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '01-01-01', name: 'Windows NT' },
                    { id: '01-01-02', name: 'Windows Mail' },
                    { id: '01-01-03', name: 'Windows Photo Viewer' },
                ]
            },
            {
                id: '01-02', name: 'Users', expanded: true, tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '01-02-01', name: 'Smith' },
                    { id: '01-02-02', name: 'Public' },
                    { id: '01-02-03', name: 'Admin' },
                ]
            },
            {
                id: '01-03', name: 'Windows', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '01-03-01', name: 'Boot' },
                    { id: '01-03-02', name: 'FileManager' },
                    { id: '01-03-03', name: 'System32' },
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        id: '02', name: 'Local Disk (D:)', tooltip: 'This is parent directory',
        subChild: [
            {
                id: '02-01', name: 'Personals', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '02-01-01', name: 'My photo.png' },
                    { id: '02-01-02', name: 'Rental document.docx' },
                    { id: '02-01-03', name: 'Pay slip.pdf' },
                ]
            },
            {
                id: '02-02', name: 'Projects', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '02-02-01', name: 'ASP Application' },
                    { id: '02-02-02', name: 'TypeScript Application' },
                    { id: '02-02-03', name: 'React Application' },
                ]
            },
            {
                id: '02-03', name: 'Office', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '02-03-01', name: 'Work details.docx' },
                    { id: '02-03-02', name: 'Weekly report.docx' },
                    { id: '02-03-03', name: 'Wish list.csv' },
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        id: '03', name: 'Local Disk (E:)', icon: 'folder', tooltip: 'This is parent directory',
        subChild: [
            {
                id: '03-01', name: 'Pictures', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '03-01-01', name: 'Wind.jpg' },
                    { id: '03-01-02', name: 'Stone.jpg' },
                    { id: '03-01-03', name: 'Home.jpg' },
                ]
            },
            {
                id: '03-02', name: 'Documents', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '03-02-01', name: 'Environment Pollution.docx' },
                    { id: '03-02-02', name: 'Global Warming.ppt' },
                    { id: '03-02-03', name: 'Social Network.pdf' },
                ]
            },
            {
                id: '03-03', name: 'Study Materials', tooltip: 'This is child directory',
                subChild: [
                    { id: '03-03-01', name: 'UI-Guide.pdf' },
                    { id: '03-03-02', name: 'Tutorials.zip' },
                    { id: '03-03-03', name: 'TypeScript.7z' },
                ]
            },
        ]
    }
];

let tree1: TreeView = new TreeView({
    fields: { dataSource: hierarchicalData, id: 'id', text: 'name', child: 'subChild' }
});
tree1.appendTo('#tree');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 for TreeView </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for TreeView UI Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='treeparent'>
            <div id="tree"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <style>
        #treeparent {
            display: block;
            max-width: 350px;
            max-height: 350px;
            margin: auto;
            overflow: auto;
            border: 1px solid #dddddd;
            border-radius: 3px;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  width: 30%;
  position: absolute;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'calibiri';
  font-size: 14px;
  top: 45%;
  left: 45%;
}