or
@Html.Label("Search")@Html.TextBox("catalogSearch")<input id="searchCatalogButton" type="button" value="Go" />@(Html.Kendo().TreeView().Name("catalogTree")
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource.Read(read => read.Action("GetCatalogItems", "Catalog"))))[ { "id": 1, "text": "Top #1", "matching": false, "expanded": true, "hasChildren": true, "items": [ { "id": 2, "text": "Mid #1", "matching": false, "expanded": true, "hasChildren": true, "items": [ { "id": 3, "text": "Bottom #1", "matching": true, "expanded": false, "hasChildren": false } ] }, { "id": 4, "text": "Mid #2", "matching": false, "expanded": false, "hasChildren": true } ] }]