I’m using WPF TreeView bound to my classes though MVVM to display a large array of multilevel data. Because of this, when I expand TreeNode, it takes some time and a lot of memory.
I think, that the memory requirement comes from TreeView scouting out nodes down the line, not just the first generation of the children, forcing those nodes to load data.
Is there any way to limit this “scouting” behavior to only the first generation of child nodes?
WPF generates TreeViewItem(s) only when they are displayed, i.e. no item is generated until its Parent expanded. So, I think the problem is not a “scouting”.
Anyway, you may try to implement dynamic loading in your ViewModel by adding synchronization with TreeViewItem.IsExpanded using TwoWay Binding. Take a look at this. You may use the same solution for IsExpanded property. Don’t forget to add fake item to tell TreeViewItem that it is expandable.