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OnClientNodeDragging

The OnClientNodeDragging client-side event is called each time the user moves the mouse while dragging a node. Note: You can use this event to change the mouse cursor so that user knows where they can drag a node, i.e. only over a grid, editor or another TreeView, etc.

The event handler receives parameters:

  1. The TreeView instance that fired the event.

  2. Event arguments with functions:

  • get_node() retrieves a reference to the clicked on node.

  • get_htmlElement() retrieves the html element on which the mouse is over.

  • get_domEvent() retrieves the browser event.

  • set_cancel()- call this function to specify whether the event should be canceled (true) or not (false).

  • get_sourceNodes() returns an array of all the nodes being dragged (Useful when MultipleSelect is True).

The example below demonstrates getting the current x and y coordinates of the mouse while the node is being dragged.

<telerik:RadTreeView RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadTreeView1" 
                     runat="server" 
                     EnableDragAndDrop="True" 
                     OnClientNodeDragging="ClientNodeDragging">
</telerik:RadTreeView>
function ClientNodeDragging(sender, eventArgs) {
    var domEvent = eventArgs.get_domEvent();
    var node = eventArgs.get_node();

    node.set_text("Dragging X:" + domEvent.offsetX + " Y:" + domEvent.offsetY);
}

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