Using Context Menu to Delete Directory in a TreeView

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I have a project where I am trying to delete sub folders from a parent folder using a tree view control and a context menu. I already have the logic setup that populates the treeview control with all the sub folders from a given path. Now I would like to be able to right click on the treeview node and delete that folder. I have the directoryInfo stored in the treeview tag so I can use that to find the path of the directory I want to delete. I've also added a contextmenu to the project with a delete menu and attached that to the treeview control. The problem I'm having is how do I find/pass the directory info for the node I'm sitting on when I activate the contextmenu click event? Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the code I have for populating the treeview:

VB

Private Sub PopulateTreeView()
        Dim rootNode As TreeNode

        Dim info As New DirectoryInfo("C:\Temp")
        If info.Exists Then
            rootNode = New TreeNode(info.Name)
            rootNode.Tag = info
            GetDirectories(info.GetDirectories(), rootNode)
            TreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode)
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub GetDirectories(ByVal subDirs() As DirectoryInfo, _
        ByVal nodeToAddTo As TreeNode)

        Dim aNode As TreeNode
        Dim subSubDirs() As DirectoryInfo
        Dim subDir As DirectoryInfo
        For Each subDir In subDirs
            aNode = New TreeNode(subDir.Name, 0, 0)
            aNode.Tag = subDir
            aNode.ImageKey = "folder"
            subSubDirs = subDir.GetDirectories()
            If subSubDirs.Length <> 0 Then
                GetDirectories(subSubDirs, aNode)
            End If
            nodeToAddTo.Nodes.Add(aNode)
        Next subDir

    End Sub

Posted 3-Nov-11 5:36am

theskiguy

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theskiguy · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-03T09:26:00

I think I figured it out myself. Here is what I did. First I removed the context menu from the treeview1 control. I then added the following mousedown event which displayed the context menu when the folder was right clicked:

VB

Private Sub TreeView1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles TreeView1.MouseDown

       ' See if this is the right mouse button.
       If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right Then
           ' Select this node.
           Dim node_here As TreeNode = TreeView1.GetNodeAt(e.X, _
               e.Y)
           TreeView1.SelectedNode = node_here

           'If found, display the context menu
           If Not IsNothing(TreeView1) Then
               ContextMenuStrip1.Show(TreeView1, New Point(e.X, e.Y))

           End If
       End If

   End Sub

I then added the following code to the context menu click event which deleted the selected folder:

VB

Private Sub DeleteToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DeleteToolStripMenuItem.Click


        Dim DeleteNode As TreeNode
        Dim SubDirInfo As DirectoryInfo
        Dim FolderPath As String


        DeleteNode = TreeView1.SelectedNode
        SubDirInfo = DeleteNode.Tag
        FolderPath = SubDirInfo.FullName


        If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists(FolderPath) = True Then

            Dim DeleteResult As MsgBoxResult

            DeleteResult = MsgBox("Do you really want to delete the folder " & FolderPath & "?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo, "Confirmation needed")

            If DeleteResult = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
                My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(FolderPath, FileIO.DeleteDirectoryOption.DeleteAllContents)
                TreeView1.Nodes.Remove(DeleteNode)

            End If

        End If

    End Sub

Hopefully this will be useful for someone in the future.