module ActsAsTree::TreeView

Public Instance Methods

tree_view(label_method = :to_s, node = nil, level = -1) click to toggle source

show records in a tree view Example: root

|_ child1
|    |_ subchild1
|    |_ subchild2
|_ child2
     |_ subchild3
     |_ subchild4

# File lib/acts_as_tree.rb, line 171
def tree_view(label_method = :to_s,  node = nil, level = -1)
  if node.nil?
    puts "root"
    nodes = roots
  else
    label = "|_ #{node.send(label_method)}"
    if level == 0
      puts " #{label}"
    else
      puts " |#{"    "*level}#{label}"
    end
    nodes = node.children
  end
  nodes.each do |child|
    tree_view(label_method, child, level+1)
  end
end