Bug 272738 - Expand list of Categories to show at least two levels by default
Summary: Expand list of Categories to show at least two levels by default
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kmymoney
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Unlisted Binaries Linux
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: KMyMoney Devel Mailing List
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Reported: 2011-05-07 22:16 UTC by David Alston
Modified: 2018-03-01 15:53 UTC (History)
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Description David Alston 2011-05-07 22:16:58 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.2) 
OS:                Linux

Whenever the list of categories are shown (eg. Categories, Budget, Select Hierarchical position in list of categories) you have to expand either "Expenses" or "Income" before you can see your actual categories.

People might have deeply nested categories, but it would save a lot of time if the first view of the Category hierarchy showed the first two levels.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Comment 1 Cristian Oneț 2011-05-12 12:49:38 UTC
What do you guys think of this proposal? It seems alright to me I often would like the tree expanded to the first level but if we would do it only for categories it would be kind of inconsistent regarding the other accounts.
Comment 2 David Houlden 2011-05-12 16:33:24 UTC
Just an observation. If you go into the categories view and click on the icon bottom right to expand all categories then this setting is remembered next time you open kmymoney.
Comment 3 Jack 2011-05-12 16:48:32 UTC
I'm not sure the inconsistency would be important.  I don't think most users think of categories as accounts, even if that is the internal mechanism.

What about adding configuration options for the default number of levels to open for each displayed hierarchy?
Comment 4 Cristian Oneț 2011-05-13 08:55:35 UTC
I don't think that adding yet another configuration option would be such a good idea. Configuration complexity can really become a pain.
Comment 5 David Alston 2011-05-15 05:43:58 UTC
huh.. it looks like it does remember the expansion of the categories when you go back to it.  I could have sworn it didn't.  Sorry about that.

It even remembered the category expansion on the seemingly unnecessary "Hierarchy" tab when you edit the category.

Unfortunately, the time I ran into this problem the most was when I was creating new categories.  By default the "Hierarchy" tab forces you to expand the root of the tree.  Personally, I'd rather manage hierarchies by drag'n'drop (Bug #272737).  If we switch over to that I'd consider this bug closed.

@David Houlden: thanks for pointing that out!

Also, I agree that adding another configuration option for this would cause more clutter than is necessary.
Comment 6 Michael Carpino 2018-03-01 15:53:42 UTC
Feature working as designed for the authors need.