Background: With few exceptions, the Options Tree submenus (right panel) always open in a fully expanded state. When adjusting just a few specific parameters, this action is cumbersome, especially for Option Groups which require a scrollbar hunt. It’s often difficult to see the forest for the trees (of course the Search is a valuable help, but still...). Currently, LMB on any submenu heading immediately collapses that submenu, which is very useful. However the user must still march through individual submenus to close them one at a time whenever the Options Popup is reopened.
Requests:
(1) Please provide a way to easily Expand All/ Collapse All Option Submenus, on a per Group basis. It would be great to have something like MC’s main Tree, where RMB on the top level of any listed item (such as an Audio View) brings up an Expand/Collapse menu option. In an analog for the Options Popup, RMB on a left panel Group heading would bring up similar menu lines affecting the right panel display for that Group. Naturally this also begs for "Expand All" and "Collapse All", acting across all Groups in one fell swoop!
(2) Once a user has set up a combination of expanded and collapsed submenus per left panel Groups, MC should render that view every time the Options Popup is closed and reopened, until user modifies the display. It's OK to fully expand most submenus (current behavior) as the default when user has not collapsed them.
Examples: Attachments show Fully Expanded, Fully Collapsed, and Partially Expanded option submenus. These states should be easy to set up and should be remembered.
11/24/2024 Edit the requests.
11/25/2024 Replaced the term "Category" with "Group" in response to Matt's Reply #2. Thanks.