Ext.require([ 'Ext.tree.*', 'Ext.data.*' ]); Ext.onReady(function() { var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.TreeStore', { proxy: { type: 'ajax', url: 'get-nodes.php', extraParams: { isXml: true }, reader: { type: 'xml', root: 'nodes', record: 'node' } }, sorters: [{ property: 'leaf', direction: 'ASC' },{ property: 'text', direction: 'ASC' }], root: { text: 'Ext JS', id: 'src', expanded: true } }); // create the Tree var tree = Ext.create('Ext.tree.Panel', { store: store, hideHeaders: true, rootVisible: true, viewConfig: { plugins: [{ ptype: 'treeviewdragdrop' }] }, height: 350, width: 400, title: 'Directory Listing', renderTo: 'tree-example', collapsible: true }); });