How to display a javascript object as an HTML tree?
How to display a javascript object as an HTML tree?
1 answer
by
rollin ,
a year ago
@cortez.connelly
There are multiple ways to display a JavaScript object as an HTML tree. Here's one approach using recursive function calls:
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul {
list-style-type: none;
padding-left: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="tree"></div>
<script>
function displayObjectTree(obj, parentElement) {
var ul = document.createElement('ul');
for (var key in obj) {
var li = document.createElement('li');
li.innerText = key;
if (typeof obj[key] === 'object') {
displayObjectTree(obj[key], li);
}
ul.appendChild(li);
}
// Append the ul element to the parent element
parentElement.appendChild(ul);
}
// Example object
var myObject = {
name: 'John',
age: 30,
address: {
street: '123 Main St',
city: 'New York',
state: 'NY'
}
};
// Display the object tree
displayObjectTree(myObject, document.getElementById('tree'));
</script>
</body>
</html>
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In this example, we create a recursive function displayObjectTree that takes the object and the parent HTML element as parameters. It creates a <ul> element and iterates through the properties of the object. For each property, it creates a <li> element and sets its text to the key. If the property value is also an object, it recursively calls displayObjectTree to create a nested sub-tree. Finally, it appends the <li> element to the <ul> element.
Note: You can customize the styling of the tree by modifying the CSS code provided.