content/snippets/react/s/tree-view.md
---
title: Expandable object tree view
type: snippet
language: react
tags: [components,object,state,recursion]
cover: digital-nomad-9
dateModified: 2020-11-16
---
Renders a tree view of a JSON object or array with collapsible content.
- Use the value of the `toggled` prop to determine the initial state of the content (collapsed/expanded).
- Use the `useState()` hook to create the `isToggled` state variable and give it the value of the `toggled` prop initially.
- Render a `<span>` element and bind its `onClick` event to alter the component's `isToggled` state.
- Determine the appearance of the component, based on `isParentToggled`, `isToggled`, `name` and checking for `Array.isArray()` on `data`.
- For each child in `data`, determine if it is an object or array and recursively render a sub-tree or a text element with the appropriate style.
```css
.tree-element {
margin: 0 0 0 4px;
position: relative;
}
.tree-element.is-child {
margin-left: 16px;
}
div.tree-element::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 24px;
left: 1px;
height: calc(100% - 48px);
border-left: 1px solid gray;
}
p.tree-element {
margin-left: 16px;
}
.toggler {
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
left: 0px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 4px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 4px solid transparent;
border-left: 5px solid gray;
cursor: pointer;
}
.toggler.closed {
transform: rotate(90deg);
}
.collapsed {
display: none;
}
```
```jsx
const TreeView = ({
data,
toggled = true,
name = null,
isLast = true,
isChildElement = false,
isParentToggled = true
}) => {
const [isToggled, setIsToggled] = React.useState(toggled);
const isDataArray = Array.isArray(data);
return (
<div
className={`tree-element ${isParentToggled && 'collapsed'} ${
isChildElement && 'is-child'
}`}
>
<span
className={isToggled ? 'toggler' : 'toggler closed'}
onClick={() => setIsToggled(!isToggled)}
/>
{name ? <strong> {name}: </strong> : <span> </span>}
{isDataArray ? '[' : '{'}
{!isToggled && '...'}
{Object.keys(data).map((v, i, a) =>
typeof data[v] === 'object' ? (
<TreeView
key={`${name}-${v}-${i}`}
data={data[v]}
isLast={i === a.length - 1}
name={isDataArray ? null : v}
isChildElement
isParentToggled={isParentToggled && isToggled}
/>
) : (
<p
key={`${name}-${v}-${i}`}
className={isToggled ? 'tree-element' : 'tree-element collapsed'}
>
{isDataArray ? '' : <strong>{v}: </strong>}
{data[v]}
{i === a.length - 1 ? '' : ','}
</p>
)
)}
{isDataArray ? ']' : '}'}
{!isLast ? ',' : ''}
</div>
);
};
const data = {
lorem: {
ipsum: 'dolor sit',
amet: {
consectetur: 'adipiscing',
elit: [
'duis',
'vitae',
{
semper: 'orci'
},
{
est: 'sed ornare'
},
'etiam',
['laoreet', 'tincidunt'],
['vestibulum', 'ante']
]
},
ipsum: 'primis'
}
};
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
<TreeView data={data} name="data" />
);
```