Question

I have an object for like this:

var obj = {
    c: {
        games: {
            game1: {
                howToPlay: { files: ['instructions.txt'] },
                files: ['characters.txt', 'wildCards.txt']
            },
            game2: { files: ['credits.txt'] }
        }
        'program files': {
            microsoft: { files: ['ieShortcuts.txt'] }
        }
        logs {
            zipped: { files: ['bigfile.txt'] },
            files: ['log1', 'log2', 'log3', 'log4', 'log5']
        }
        ...
    }
    ...
}

I want to generate a treeview-like structure from this object I want to implement a way to select certain files (with checkboxes next to them, empty for none selected, checked for all, and filled for partially; using <img />) and have the order of files in the same folder sortable.

Something like this:

My end result is to spit back the contents of the selected files in the order that the user specified.

Is there any way to accomplish this through a jQuery plugin or combination of plugins? I started writing this from scratch but the sheer complexity seems beyond me

Answer 1

i think jstree is the leading treeview plugin for jquery right now. i find it a bit clunky to use, but it gets the job done.