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In Eclipse you are able to collapse all expanded folders by clicking one button on top of the tree structure. A similar feature is absolutely needed in Netbeans as well.
Reassigning to "projects".
Yes PLEASE!
+1
"Expand All" makes no sense; you could be sitting there for hours. "Collapse All" could I think be implemented in ProjectTab [1]. However a toolbar button would waste screen space for everyone, including people who never wanted such a feature. A context menu item in the blank space would be easy enough though it is not very discoverable. nbui@netbeans.org would be the place to discuss. [1] projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectTab.java
I agree that expand all doesn't make a lot of sense. I do some development in Eclipse, for Android apps. When in Eclipse I use this feature constantly, and miss it severely when in NetBeans. One way to accomplish it in the UI would be to put a small toolbar at the top of these views, which could have the button for collapse all, and potentially other useful functions. Right click in the white space would also be good - and easier to implement since there is already a context menu there. This is so important to me that I'd be willing to work on this myself, although it would probably take me a long time to become productive in NB development since I don't know the architecture.
core-main #3e379bbb09b3
Integrated into 'main-golden' Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/3e379bbb09b3 User: Jesse Glick <jglick@netbeans.org> Log: #113278: Expand/Collapse all button in projects and files tab
I assume this is on track for 7.2? How will we access this feature?
Is there any keyboard shortcut for this usability? If not please add it (or write where can I do it). Greetings
villentretenmerth: please do not reopen. You can file an ENHANCEMENT blocking this one if you wish. There is no keyboard shortcut, though you can invoke it with the keyboard: deselect any selection (Ctrl-SPACE), open the context menu (Shift-F10), navigate with arrow keys to the menu item (UP UP), invoke (ENTER).