# How to create tree view in Pipeline Browser
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083 "2019-06-20T09:21:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/1 "2019-06-20T09:21:17Z")
Dear Experts,
I create a tree-view vtkMultiBlockDataSet, i can see this structure when open “MultiBlockInspector”, However, i want to “move” this tree-view into pipeline browser, it is more intuitive as i see it.
So my question is: is it possible to do this? How to do this?
Thanks ans Best Regards,
Sharon
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### Author:  [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/2 "2019-06-20T13:13:44Z")
this is not possible. The Pipeline browser and Multiblock inspector show entirely different things: the former shows the processing pipeline while the latter shows the active dataset’s hierarchy.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/3 "2019-06-20T14:04:33Z")
Do you mean you want to move the _Multi-block Inspector_ in line with the _Pipeline Browser_? If so, you can click on the title bar of the _Multi-block Inspector_ window and drag it over the general area where the _Pipeline Browser_ is to drop it somewhere where it is lined up. You can get it to look like this.
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/4 "2019-06-21T04:42:10Z")
Hi Cory,
I want to create a similar tree view at Pipeline Browser, which can toggle show/hide for the block-tree.
In my situation, i created a composite blocks which contains sub-blocks, just like a tree view. However, i don’t want to use “Multi-block Inspector” to show/hide them, i want name each sub-block from its physical meaning and then control its visibility and colour from pipeline browser.
Thank you for your reply and help!
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/5 "2019-06-21T04:43:21Z")
Hi Utkarsh,
Thank you for your reply, i have to need to create my own application based on paraview ?
Thanks for your reply and help!
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/6 "2019-06-21T04:50:45Z")
Is it possible to make a reader, which contains reader and filter, that can output a tree view structure in the Pipeline Browser?
What i want is after user select files/folder, then a tree view will be create for them in the pipeline browser, further user can choose to show/hide sub-block or refine,change property for sub block
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/7 "2019-07-18T01:54:54Z")
Sorry for the late reply. No, it isn’t possible with ParaView to show a tree view of a single dataset in the Pipeline Browser. You’ll need to provide a custom Qt widget in a custom ParaView-based application to support such a feature.
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-tree-view-in-pipeline-browser/2083/8 "2019-07-18T11:49:29Z")
Thank you Cory for your reply!
Yes, we are developing our custom tree widget.
Best Regards,
Shareon