Moving AsyncTreeNode to a new parent

[asagala]

I have tree structure like below using AsyncTreeNode and a treeloader

root
+-item1
+----item2
+------item3

Is it possible to replace item2 with a new node and then change item2 parent to the new node to have something like below without going through all the nodes or reloading the tree

root
+-item1
+----newnode
+------item2
+--------item3

I tried just swapping parent node but without success.

newnode = new Ext.tree.AsyncTreeNode(attributesofnewnode);
var item2= item1.firstChild; //gets item2

item1.appendChild(newnode);

item2.parentNode = newnode;

[Condor]

You are not allowed to change parentNode (it's defined as read-only).

Just use appendChild again, e.g.

newnode.appendChild(item2);

[asagala]

You are not allowed to change parentNode (it's defined as read-only).

Just use appendChild again, e.g.

newnode.appendChild(item2);

Tried that but it only appends item2 to newnode. I wanted to have item2 + all childnodes appended to newnode. I guess i will have to go through the childnodes one by one and append them back.

[Condor]

item3 is a child of item2, so it should be moved together with item2! Are you saying that it doesn't?

Or does item1 have more children that need to be moved to newnode? That you have to do yourself.

[asagala]

item3 is a child of item2 and its not being moved. Actually there could be item3 child of item2 and item4 child of item3 etc... They are AsyncTreeNodes. Could that make a difference?

[asagala]

Actually I should be more precise. Item3 is not being moved and it actually disapear totally from the tree right after I append item2 to the newnode