>thanks, that helps, now the problem is that if I mouse down on a child node it won't let me copy it directly, the selecteditem.key still refers to the parent until I click (let go) and mousedown again.
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>I want to be able to copy, similar to windows explorer, where all you have to do is put your mouse down and you can copy it.
>tia, jack

Jack,

To do this I think you are first going to have to select the item, then drag it. I don't know if you will find a way around this as the Treeview does select the item until the mouse is released.