--- title: I made a tree visualizer | daily.dev description: A developer created a standalone web application for visualizing tree data structures, originally used for teaching React component hierarchies and concepts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I made a tree visualizer | daily.dev og:description: A developer created a standalone web application for visualizing tree data structures, originally used for teaching React component hierarchies and concepts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/la3CIulHV.png og:image:alt: I made a tree visualizer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I made a tree visualizer **[Cassidy's blog](https://daily.dev/sources/cassidoo)** · [@cassidoo](https://daily.dev/cassidoo) · 2 min read · 373 upvotes · 16 comments ## Summary A developer created a standalone web application for visualizing tree data structures, originally used for teaching React component hierarchies and concepts like prop drilling and context. The tool features keyboard shortcuts for node manipulation, visual effects like pulsing and drilling arrows, and the ability to save tree diagrams as images for sharing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@rucaua** · 3 upvotes > It's interesting, but the UI/UX isn't great: > - If you try to create a new branch, it appears on top of the old one, and it feels like nothing happened—that's critical. > - Button must have "+" icon. > - no way to make icons or labels, so it is useless > - no way to change color **@guillaumegomez** · 2 upvotes > Very impressive how the tool is easy to use and intuitive **@eemune** · 1 upvotes > Awesome! This is a game-changer for visualizing a graph. It might be more useful if we could display some text on them **@vagsig** · 1 upvotes > Nice post, and **great** blog! **@arymandeshwal** · 1 upvotes > Great work !! --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#data-structures](https://daily.dev/tags/data-structures) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I made a tree visualizer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv"},"datePublished":"2025-09-15T03:09:42.755Z","dateModified":"2025-09-15T03:10:01.495Z","description":"A developer created a standalone web application for visualizing tree data structures, originally used for teaching React component hierarchies and concepts...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c8a0c6a3f27e790e1a7b2a50df73d7d6?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c8a0c6a3f27e790e1a7b2a50df73d7d6?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Cassidy's blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Cassidy Williams","url":"https://daily.dev/cassidoo","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1454517?v=4","description":"making memes and dreams and software","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":2180}},"commentCount":16,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":373},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":16}],"keywords":"webdev,javascript,react,data-structures","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cassidy's blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/cassidoo"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I made a tree visualizer"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tree-visualizer-la3ciulhv","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"It’s interesting, but the UI/UX isn’t great:\n\nIf you try to create a new branch, it appears on top of the old one, and it feels like nothing happened—that’s critical.\nButton must have “+” icon.\nno way to make icons or labels, so it is useless\nno way to change color","datePublished":"2025-09-18T17:09:58.282Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/la3CIulHV#c-qA2NwaiGf","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Maksym Tymofeiev","url":"https://daily.dev/rucaua","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--caTJyFHC--/f_auto/v1736549445/avatars/avatar_sIPMygD4Ld90iZsdsEqh7"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Very impressive how the tool is easy to use and intuitive","datePublished":"2025-09-16T08:01:45.152Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/la3CIulHV#c-eFJhc5bBl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Guillaume Gomez","url":"https://daily.dev/guillaumegomez","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocInPwVtP7mdux0s5_VsxC4tkUUBtqYzhLqT3zNs8Jo-xUIK=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Awesome! This is a game-changer for visualizing a graph. It might be more useful if we could display some text on them","datePublished":"2025-09-26T16:41:37.440Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/la3CIulHV#c-kVQGNyU91","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eunhye Lim","url":"https://daily.dev/eemune","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocInsInlcwK56MnJwtFdeJSCgLMArSHt5KX5a_edYxXE5-vUWAs=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice post, and great blog!","datePublished":"2025-09-15T09:15:11.456Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/la3CIulHV#c-MI3c8zvrh","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Vangelis Sigalas","url":"https://daily.dev/vagsig","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--lTSLLnch--/f_auto/v1751871971/avatars/avatar_rM1zzQ7Mb7LxpwCwE0KbE?_a=BAMClqZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great work !!","datePublished":"2025-09-30T14:21:49.040Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/la3CIulHV#c-ZJxlSkKVX","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Aryman Deshwal","url":"https://daily.dev/arymandeshwal","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocK4tYpx3ukOoeSTRj7Hh0oTyFb5vPEpI6LJEnR4YWxHOXVCQg=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```