Bug Report / Feature Request

[Jason Pincin <chardros@linuxkb.org>]

Hi Hans,

Regarding your report:
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When you expand an entry in the tree on the left by clicking on ti, it should
also show the unexpanded entries of all the branches which are expanded.

Now I have to:
-click on applications
-what I look for is not there
-click on root to get the list back (thats why the unexpanded entries should 
 still be there)
-click on emulators
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Me and the other developers discussed this at one point, but since your the first person to
bring it up outside of the developers circle I'd like furthe rinput from you.  Let me explain
why I implemented it the way you see it:

My concern was that if we leave unexpanded entries in the tree view, the tree will grow quite
lengthy as content and categories are continually added... to the point where you'll most
likely need to scroll up and down the page to see all the categories available.  Being a
person that hates to scroll I decided to only display the area you're drilling into.  Now,
obviously this was done out of my own preference and after discussing with others we thought
it was acceptable... but if it doesn't work for others, we can look at altering the way it
works.  

Do you see scrolling as a problem?  Would you like to see all unexpanded entries displayed?
Lets say you drill down 3 levels... to KB-Root/Applications/News Readers/... do you think all
unexpanded entries should be displayed under KB-Root, Applications, and News Readers or just
unde ryour direct parent, such as Applications?

I'm just wondering if it could be done in a manner to compromise between the ability to
quickly navigate back up and down again while saving screen space at the same time.  If you
could mail back breifly explaining how you feel it should work when navigating deeply I'd be
willing to take a further look into better ways of handeling the tree.

Thanks for your feedback Hans!  Keep it coming :).

-- 
Jason Pincin
Linux Knowledge Base Project Leader (http://www.linuxkb.org/)
http://vodka.linuxkb.org/~chardros/