Hiding ASP.NET SiteMap nodes in TreeView control

I have a SiteMap with All my nodes. I'm using a TreeView control which is linked to the SiteMap for navigation. Now I would like to hide certain nodes from appearing on the TreeView. Is it possible to do this?

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• Based on what criteria? If you only want to hide specific single nodes, subscribe to the NodeDataBound event of the TreeView and set the whole item (node) to Visible=false.

  If you need to do this in a better way and provide more flexibility, I would advise that you implement your own SiteMapProvider. Then you can have a property ShowInNavigation for each sitemap node, and would be able to set that when constructing your sitemap.

  gugulethun : Basically I want to show 3 menu items ie. Users Creare User I want to include "Edit User" to the sitemap but not on the TreeView.

  Slavo : I still don't understand what you want.

• Yes, it's definitely possible. The way we do it is to add a custom "IsPhantom" attribute to the nodes we don't want shown in the sitemap (and in various other places too):

  <siteMapNode url="~/Welcome.aspx" title="Welcome" description="" isPhantom="true" />
  

  Then in the sitemap control, use the following code to remove nodes that have the "IsPhantom" attribute:

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      TreeView1.TreeNodeDataBound += new TreeNodeEventHandler(TreeView1_TreeNodeDataBound);              
      SiteMapSource.Provider = this.CurrentProvider;
  }
  
  protected void TreeView1_TreeNodeDataBound(object sender, TreeNodeEventArgs e)
  {
      SiteMapNode thisMapNode = (SiteMapNode)e.Node.DataItem;
      TreeNode parentTreeNode = e.Node.Parent;
  
      if (thisMapNode["isPhantom"] != null && thisMapNode["isPhantom"].ToLower().Equals(bool.TrueString.ToLower()) && parentTreeNode != null)
          parentTreeNode.ChildNodes.Remove(e.Node);
  }
  

• Very nice tip with a custom attribute, thanks !