Programmatically adding child nodes to a jstree

Question

I\'m trying to write some code that adds nodes to a jstree dynamically. I\'ve followed the doc at http://www.jstree.com/documentation/crrm but can\'t get a simple example to wor

Answer 1

When using periods in ID's you need to escape them like so:

$("#tree").jstree("create", $("#child1\\.id"), "inside",  { "data" : "child2" },
                          function() { alert("added"); }, true);

This is because of how it uses jQuery selectors. It is mentioned in the jsTree FAQ located here: http://www.jstree.com/faq/