structurecontrols
Structurecontrols is a term used to describe a family of user interface controls designed to display and manipulate hierarchical or structured data within software applications. These controls provide a direct representation of a data structure, such as trees, nested lists, or graphs, and offer editing operations that affect the structure itself rather than only the content of individual items.
In practice, structure controls appear in integrated development environments, content management systems, database schema editors, configuration
A typical structure model includes nodes with identifiers, labels, and optional payload data; a view renders
Common components include tree or tree-grid views, node editors, drag-and-drop managers, selection and path utilities, and
Key design considerations include performance for large hierarchies (often via virtualization and incremental rendering), asynchronous data
Benefits include intuitive navigation of complex data and direct structural manipulation; challenges include implementation complexity and
Related topics include tree data structures, drag-and-drop, and hierarchical user interfaces.