Checking node type before dropping

[Lauren Nickerson]

Hi, so I'm wondering how I can check for that and disable the drop under some circumstances. I've already tried all the drag and drop events that make sense to me in the TreeView (DragEnter, DragStarted DragOver, PreviewDragEnter, PreviewDragStarted, PreviewDragOver), so when I start dragging and I move the dragged object around, none of this events get fired. I also tried an approach with the RadDragAndDropManager here:

http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/radtreeview-how-to-enabled-drop-inside-only.html

But to my surprise, the OnDropInsideTreeViewDropQuery event never got fired. Am I missing something here?

What I want to do is pretty simple. I have several types of objects in my treeview, say:

Junkyards

    Junkyard 1

         Cars

            Toyota Corola

            Nissan Sentra

         Furniture

            Stove

            Desk

         Computers

            Dell Inspiron

            HP a2921

    Junkyard 2

         Cars

            Toyota Corola

            Nissan Sentra

         Furniture

            Stove

            Desk

         Computers

            Dell Inspiron

            HP a2921

So if the user drags a car from Junkyard1 to Junkyard2 and hovers it over Computers, basically I wan't to show a NO cursor, but if he does drag it over the Cars node, then it should allow him to drop there. The Junkyards cannot be dragged, so I need to check if the user is trying to drag a Junkyard and not allow him to.

Please keep in mind that I'm not doing the TreeView filling in code or XAML, the data is coming from an XML document, so I can't just go to each RadTreeViewItem and set the IsDropAllowedProperty to false, it has to be done programmatically through the events.

Thanks!

[Kiril Stanoev]

Hello Lauren,

I have attached a sample project that demonstrates one possible solution to your scenario. For the sake of the example, I have made the code as explicit as possible, so further refactoring is recommended. Also, the example covers the case where you drag/drop cars only, but it can easily be extended to support computers and furniture as well. The key to supporting this scenario is listening for the DragQuery event of RadTreeView.

I have attached my sample project for further reference. Have a look at it and let me know how this works for you. Also, if you find something unclear, I'd be glad to provide more explanation on the subject.

Greetings,
Kiril Stanoev
the Telerik team

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[Lauren Nickerson]

Thanks much. I haven't found the time to test this yet, but I'll get back to you as soon as I do.