Dynatree is a JavaScript dynamic tree view plugin for jQuery with support for persistence, keyboard, checkboxes, drag'n'drop, and lazy loading.

Note: This repository was migrated from Google Code at 2015-03-15.

See the change log for details.

Dynatree 1.x will eventually be replaced by Fancytree.
I will support Dynatree for a while, but no new features will be added.

It is recommended to migrate to Fancytree. It's easy: see also the migration hints.

Dynatree is a jQuery plugin that allows to dynamically create html tree view controls using JavaScript.

Main features

• Optimized for large dynamic trees (DOM elements are only created when really needed).
• Programmable through a rich object oriented interface.
• Support for lazy loading and Ajax.
• Checkboxes and hierarchical selection.
• Supports drag and drop.
• Support for persistence.
• Keyboard aware.
• Initializes from HTML code, JSON, or JavaScript objects.

Quick start

1. Include jQuery and dynatree libraries.
2. Add a <div> element where the tree should appear.
3. Initialize the dynatree object when the page is loaded.

To learn more

1. Check the example page and click on the [View source code] links.
2. Read the documentation.
3. Fiddle with the samples.

• A discussion forum is in place to ask questions or discuss features.
• Check Stack Overflow for existing questions and answers.
• Use the Issue Tracker to get a list of known bugs, or vote for a feature.
  Please make sure you searched the group and issue tracker, before adding a new request.
• If you like: Make a donation.
• Using this library in a commercial product and need some help to meet you deadline? Cont(r)act me!