What is the best way to display a hierarchy of choices in an ASP.net Forms Application?

Question

I am working on an ASP.net Forms Application that keeps track of information about different offices in an organization. The offices are organized into a hierarchy.

Some users of the program will have access to certain information about all offices in the hierarchy. Some users of the program will have access to only a small part of the hierarchy.

When a user browses for information they are authorized to see, I would like to present the user with a prompt to choose which office in the hierarchy they wish to see information from.

I want to accomplish the following:
A) I want the user to be able to easily navigate the hierarchy of the organization to locate a specific office.
B) I want the user to be able to navigate the hierarchy without refreshing the page.
C) I want my interface to be able to handle a hierarchy at least four layers deep with less than 100 nodes.

I see that Microsoft includes a TreeView control in the standard collection of ASP web controls. Would Treeview be the most appropriate tool for what I want to do, or is there a better way?

Answer 1

Hi,

The asp.net treeview would be an excellent place to start.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

I'd say with built in controls the Treeview is the way to go.

Here's a nice tutorial on how to use it.

Answer 3

You could look at client-side JavaScript Tree libraries such as http://www.jstree.com/