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			<h1>jsTree</h1>
			<h2>javascript tree component</h2>
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<p>There are two ways to instantiate the tree.</p>
<p class="note">NOTE: This only covers versions 0.9.6 and up. For older versions check the documentation included in the download.</p>
<div class="source">Method 1</div>
<pre><span class="pln">$</span><span class="pun">(</span><em><span class="pln">container_node</span></em><span class="pun">).</span><span class="pln">tree</span><span class="pun">([{</span><span class="pln"> </span><em><span class="pln">options</span></em><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">}]);</span></pre>
<div class="source">Method 2</div>
<pre><span class="kwd">var</span><span class="pln"> tree </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> $</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">tree_create</span><span class="pun">();</span><span class="pln"><br>tree</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">init</span><span class="pun">(</span><em><span class="pln">container_node</span></em><span class="pun">,[{</span><span class="pln"> </span><em><span class="pln">options</span></em><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">}]);</span></pre>
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		<span class="req" title="required">[REQ]</span> <span class="var">container_node</span>
<p>A jQuery object or the DOM node of the tree container.</p>
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		<span class="opt" title="optional">[OPT]</span> <span class="var">options</span>
<p>A javascript object containing all the configurations for the tree that are different from the <a href="/documentation/configuration/#defaults">defaults</a>.</p>
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