# Yahoo! UI Library

### TreeView Widget 2.6.0

Yahoo! UI Library > treeview > YAHOO.widget.HTMLNode

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## Class YAHOO.widget.HTMLNode - extends YAHOO.widget.Node

This implementation takes either a string or object for the oData argument. If is it a string, it will use it for the display of this node (and it can contain any html code). If the parameter is an object,it looks for a parameter called "html" that will be used for this node's display.

### Constructor

YAHOO.widget.HTMLNode `( oData , oParent , expanded , hasIcon )`

Parameters:
  `oData <object>` a string or object containing the data that will be used to render this node. Providing a string is the same as providing an object with a single property named html. All values in the oData will be used to set equally named properties in the node as long as the node does have such properties, they are not undefined, private or functions. All other attributes are made available in noderef.data, which can be used to store custom attributes. TreeView.getNode(s)ByProperty can be used to retrieve a node by one of the attributes.
  `oParent <YAHOO.widget.Node>` this node's parent node
  `expanded <boolean>` the initial expanded/collapsed state (deprecated; use oData.expanded)
  `hasIcon <boolean>` specifies whether or not leaf nodes should be rendered with or without a horizontal line line and/or toggle icon. If the icon is not displayed, the content fills the space it would have occupied. This option operates independently of the leaf node presentation logic for dynamic nodes. (deprecated; use oData.hasIcon)

### Properties

#### _type `- private string`

The node type
Default Value: "HTMLNode"

#### contentStyle `- string`

The CSS class for the html content container. Defaults to ygtvhtml, but can be overridden to provide a custom presentation for a specific node.

#### html `- string`

The HTML content to use for this node's display

#### initContent `- object`

Sets up the node label

#### setHtml `- object`

Synchronizes the node.data, node.html, and the node's content

#### Properties inherited from YAHOO.widget.Node:

`_dynLoad, _focusHighlightedItems, _type, children, childrenRendered, contentElId, contentStyle, data, dataLoader, depth, dynamicLoadComplete, editable, expanded, hasIcon, href, iconMode, index, isLeaf, isLoading, multiExpand, nextSibling, nowrap, parent, previousSibling, renderHidden, target, tree`

#### Properties inherited from YAHOO.util.EventProvider:

`__yui_events, __yui_subscribers`

### Methods

#### getContentEl

`HTMLElement getContentEl ( )`
Returns the outer html element for this node's content

Returns: `HTMLElement`
  the element

#### getNodeDefinition

`Object | false getNodeDefinition ( )`
Returns an object which could be used to build a tree out of this node and its children. It can be passed to the tree constructor to reproduce this node as a tree. It will return false if any node loads dynamically, regardless of whether it is loaded or not.

Returns: `Object | false`
  definition of the tree or false if any node is defined as dynamic

#### Methods inherited from YAHOO.widget.Node:

`appendChild, appendTo, applyParent, collapse, collapseAll, completeRender, destroyEditorContents, editNode, expand, expandAll, fillEditorContainer, focus, getAncestor, getChildrenEl, getChildrenElId, getChildrenHtml, getContentEl, getContentHtml, getDepthStyle, getEl, getElId, getHoverStyle, getHtml, getIconMode, getNodeCount, getNodeDefinition, getNodeHtml, getSiblings, getStyle, getToggleEl, getToggleElId, getToggleLink, hasChildren, hideChildren, init, insertAfter, insertBefore, isChildOf, isDynamic, isRoot, loadComplete, refresh, renderChildren, saveEditorValue, setDynamicLoad, showChildren, toggle, toString`

#### Methods inherited from YAHOO.util.EventProvider:

`createEvent, fireEvent, hasEvent, subscribe, unsubscribe, unsubscribeAll`

#### Events inherited from YAHOO.widget.Node:

`parentChange,`

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