terryg said:What is the correct way to code the root node of a JSON, AJAX-loaded tree to render with only the root node expanded? I tried various combinations of expandRow(), expandNode(), and click(), but I couldn't get any of them to work. Most of my attempts have been inside the gridComplete() handler.

This method worked for me. I hope it helps: (not sure why the expandRow and expandNode only work within the setTimeout function)

$emplist should be replaced by mylist, I think.

Hm.. the approach with .click() does not seem to be reliable when using a dynamically loaded tree in opposite to one where the whole data is send immediately. So I've come up with a better solution. Still I don't understand why the setTimeout() function seems absolutely neccessary to make it work.

As only the nodes of the top level and then the explicitly requested are available, the “path” from top to the requested node has to be defined in the Javascript page e.g. by PHP:

I also notices that even without