If you want your tree view items to be automatically expanded, try something like this XAML:
<Window x:Class="TreeViewMouseOverExpand.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:TreeViewMouseOverExpand.ViewModel"
xmlns:treeViewModel="clr-namespace:TreeViewMouseOverExpand.Model"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<viewModel:TreeViewMouseOverExpandViewModel x:Key="TreeViewMouseOverExpandViewModel" />
</Grid.Resources>
<TreeView DataContext="{StaticResource TreeViewMouseOverExpandViewModel}" ItemsSource="{Binding TreeViewMouseOverExpandItems}">
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding Children}" DataType="{x:Type treeViewModel:TreeViewMouseOverExpandModel}" >
<TreeViewItem Header="{Binding Name}" IsExpanded="False"/>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="TreeViewItem">
<Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="True" />
</Style>
</TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
</TreeView>
</Grid>
</Window>
Notice lines:
<TreeView.ItemContainerStyle> <Style TargetType="TreeViewItem"> <Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="True" /> </Style> </TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>