I have a nested treepanel nodes that continues to display empty parent nodes.
Clicking on the expansion icon on any of the empty parent nodes properly hide the empty parents:


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>

    <script type="text/javascript">

        var searchFilter = function ()
        {
            debugger;
            var tree = App.TreePanel1;
            var field = App.searchField;
            var text = field.getValue();
                
            if (Ext.isEmpty(text, false)) {
                field.clear();
                return;
            }
            var re = '';

            if (text.match(/^-{0,1}\d+$/)) {
                re = new RegExp(text);
            }
            else {
                re = new RegExp(".*" + text + ".*", "i");
                var re_split = text.split(/\b(\s)/)
                if (re_split.length > 1) {
                    re = new RegExp(".*" + re_split[0] + ".*" + ".*" + re_split[2] + ".*", "i");
                }
            }
            tree.clearFilter();
            tree.filterBy(function (node) {
                if (text.match(/^-{0,1}\d+$/)) {
                    if (node.data.badgeNumber == text) { return true; }
                    else
                        if (node.data.clockNumber == text) { return true; }
                        else return false;
                }
                else return re.test(node.data.text);
            });
            tree.filterBy(function () { return true; });

            //tree.collapseAll();
            //tree.expandAll();
        }

    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server">
        <ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />

        <ext:TreePanel
            ID="TreePanel1"
            runat="server"
            Width="300"
            Height="450"
            Icon="BookOpen" 
            RootVisible="false"
            CollapseFirst="false"
            Title="Catalog"
            AutoScroll="true">
            <Listeners>
                <ItemKeyPress Handler="alert(e.getKeyName());" />
            </Listeners>
            <TopBar>
                <ext:Toolbar runat="server">
                    <Items>
                        <ext:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Expand All">
                            <Listeners>
                                <Click Handler="#{TreePanel1}.expandAll();" />
                            </Listeners>
                        </ext:Button>
                        <ext:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Collapse All">
                            <Listeners>
                                <Click Handler="#{TreePanel1}.collapseAll();" />
                            </Listeners>
                        </ext:Button>
                    </Items>
                </ext:Toolbar>
            </TopBar>
            <Root>
                <ext:Node Text="Composers" Expanded="true">
                    <Children>
                        <ext:Node Text="Beethoven" Icon="UserGray">
                            <Children>
                                <ext:Node Text="Concertos">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 1 - C" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 2 - B-Flat Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 3 - C Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 4 - G Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 5 - E-Flat Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                                <ext:Node Text="Quartets">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="Six String Quartets" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Three String Quartets" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Grosse Fugue for String Quartets" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                                <ext:Node Text="Sonatas">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="Sonata in A Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="sonata in F Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                                <ext:Node Text="Symphonies">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 1 - C Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 2 - D Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 3 - E-Flat Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 4 - B-Flat Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 5 - C Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 6 - F Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 7 - A Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 8 - F Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 9 - D Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                            </Children>
                        </ext:Node>
                        <ext:Node Text="Brahms" Icon="UserGray">
                            <Children>
                                <ext:Node Text="Concertos">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="Violin Concerto" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Double Concerto - A Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Concerto No. 1 - D Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Concerto No. 2 - B-Flat Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                                <ext:Node Text="Quartets">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Quartet No. 1 - G Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Quartet No. 2 - A Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Quartet No. 3 - C Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Quartet No. 3 - B-Flat Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                                <ext:Node Text="Sonatas">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="Two Sonatas for Clarinet - F Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Two Sonatas for Clarinet - E-Flat Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                                <ext:Node Text="Symphonies">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 1 - C Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 2 - D Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 3 - F Major" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="No. 4 - E Minor" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                            </Children>
                        </ext:Node>
                        <ext:Node Text="Mozart" Icon="UserGray">
                            <Children>
                                <ext:Node Text="Concertos">
                                    <Children>
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Concerto No. 12" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Piano Concerto No. 17" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Clarinet Concerto" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Violin Concerto No. 5" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                        <ext:Node Text="Violin Concerto No. 4" Icon="Music" Leaf="true" />
                                    </Children>
                                </ext:Node>
                            </Children>
                        </ext:Node>
                    </Children>
                </ext:Node>
            </Root>
            <BottomBar>
                <ext:Toolbar runat="server">
                    <Items>
                        <ext:TextField ID="searchField" runat="server" Width="150" />
                        <ext:Button runat="server" Text="Search" Handler="searchFilter()" />
                    </Items>
                </ext:Toolbar>
            </BottomBar>
        </ext:TreePanel>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
The only way to mitigate the issue is by injecting a "collapse/expand" call after the filtering (as seen commented out at the end of the filtering function.

Thank you.