JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by amit6june

HTML

<div class="tree"><ul  data-bind="template: {name: 'categories_template', foreach: categories}"></ul></div>

<script type="text/html" id="categories_template">
    <li><a href="#">${Name}</a>
        
       {{if $data.HasChildren }}
        
            <ul data-bind='template: { name: "categories_template", foreach: Children}'>
            </ul>
       {{/if}}
        </li> 
    </script>

CSS

/*Now the CSS*/
* {margin: 0; padding: 0;}

.tree ul {
	padding-top: 20px; position: relative;
	
	transition: all 0.5s;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.5s;
	-moz-transition: all 0.5s;
}

.tree li {
	float: left; text-align: center;
	list-style-type: none;
	position: relative;
	padding: 20px 5px 0 5px;
	
	transition: all 0.5s;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.5s;
	-moz-transition: all 0.5s;
}

/*We will use ::before and ::after to draw the connectors*/

.tree li::before, .tree li::after{
	content: '';
	position: absolute; top: 0; right: 50%;
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	width: 50%; height: 20px;
}
.tree li::after{
	right: auto; left: 50%;
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
}

/*We need to remove left-right connectors from elements without 
any siblings*/
.tree li:only-child::after, .tree li:only-child::before {
	display: none;
}

/*Remove space from the top of single children*/
.tree li:only-child{ padding-top: 0;}

/*Remove left connector from first child and 
right connector from last child*/
.tree li:first-child::before, .tree li:last-child::after{
	border: 0 none;
}
/*Adding back the vertical connector to the last nodes*/
.tree li:last-child::before{
	border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-radius: 0 5px 0 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0 5px 0 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0 5px 0 0;
}
.tree li:first-child::after{
	border-radius: 5px 0 0 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px 0 0 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px 0 0 0;
}

/*Time to add downward connectors from parents*/
.tree ul ul::before{
	content: '';
	position: absolute; top: 0; left: 50%;
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
	width: 0; height: 20px;
}

.tree li a{
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding: 5px 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #666;
	font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma;
	font-size: 11px;
	display: inline-block;
	
	border-radius: 5px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	
	transition: all 0.5s;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.5s;
	-moz-transition: all 0.5s;
}

/*Time for some hover effects*/
/*We will apply the hover effect...

JavaScript

var viewModel = {
    categories: [
        { Id: 1, Name: "One", HasChildren: true, Children: [{ Id: 3, Name: "One1", HasChildren: true, Children: [{ Id: 3, Name: "One1-11", HasChildren: false }, { Id: 4, Name: "One2-22", HasChildren: false},{ Id: 4, Name: "One2-33", HasChildren: false} ] }, { Id: 4, Name: "One2", HasChildren: false} ]}] 
};
        
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);