Items disappear when collapsed

[Bob]

Hi. I'm using the WPF RadTreeListView with EnableRowVirtualization = false and EnableColumnVirtualization = false. I hook the TreeListViewRow's IsExpandedChanged event and, in the handler, I go through all the RadTreeListView's Items. Ultimately, I want to get the item containers (the TreeListViewRows) for each item.

But when an row is collapsed (as opposed to expanded) all its child items disappear from RadTreeListView's Items collection! When I expand the row, the child items come back.

Even if virtualization were on, that should only affect the existance of TreeListViewRows, not the existence of Items. How do I fix this?

Thanks,
   Bob Alexander

[Vlad]

Hello Bob,

 Indeed this is how our treelist will work on expand/collapse. When you expand child items will be added and when you collapse child items will be removed. Our hierarchical collection works with Reset action since the earlier versions with add/remove actions proved to be very very slow. 

Regards,
Vlad
the Telerik team

[Bob]

Hi Vlad,

Thank you (and pardon my late response; I was on vacation). What I need to do is find an item's parent, whether that item is currently visible or not (or its parent is visible or not). I was hoping to get the item's container (the TreeListViewRow), get the row's parent, then get the DataContext from that. I can't rely on the item object having a reference to its parent, because I don't have total control over the item's implementation.

So, is there a way for me to reliably find an item's parent in a RadTreeListView?

Thanks,
   Bob

[Bob]

Is there no solution? No way for a RadTreeListView to walk its hierarchy?

- Bob