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tree expansion/collapse behavior

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mystic97z

Aerospace
Feb 28, 2020
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Is there a way to stop the tree from moving when you expand and collapse folders?

More detailed explanation:
If you expand a folder that has many features your tree view will adjust so you can see what's inside the folder you expanded. This seems like a nice feature.
However, many many times when I collapse a folder, my tree will again re-position itself which can be very annoying because often times I collapse a folder because i'm finished looking in that one and want to then open another folder. The problem is when I collapse the folder and the tree re-positions itself I lose my spot, mentally/visually, so I have to sort of re-visualize and orient myself to the trees new position in order to determine if I need to look up or down the tree.

I agree this seems like a trivial complaint, but I mean this happens constantly and over the course of a work day it's adding mental work load since i'm guessing this happens 100+ times a day.

Imagine your in excel and you want text in a cell to be bold.
Step 1: click the cell
step 2: click BOLD
well imagine if once you clicked the cell in step 1, the bold button moved. That is basically what NX does in this scenario.

I understand if i'm able to toggle this option off I might not like it as I realize that now i'll have extra scroll work occasionally, but at least i'd like to see which way works better for me.
 
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