Button or Shortcut to collapse all expanded left sidebar sections at once
When working with many sections - for example, when using them as main navigation elements, as I do, it can be tedious to close (collapse) all open sections manually one by one.
It would therefore be helpful to have a switch - or a shortcut (pressing a key while closing one of the expanded section would close all expanded sections) - that allows all expanded sections to be collapsed at once.
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Is the team really not interested in this?
As far as I know, you introduced “Sections” in the left sidebar just earlier this year, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who loves them. For me, that was actually one of the reasons I started using Capacities, because it’s an extremely flexible tool for customizing navigation and ultimately to organize access to content.
If you populate these sections with queries, you can make a huge amount of content easily accessible with just two clicks. This works exceptionally well.
I also love that you can expand a section just by clicking on its name (usablity!) - no need to fiddle with a tiny expand icon like with other apps. This works smoothly and efficiently. (That said, I don’t like the smaller font size for section headings, as mentioned, as it doesn’t make sense to me.)
I’m sure I’m not the only user who makes heavy use of “Sections” in the left sidebar for navigation. That’s why I’m also sure that many others likely run into the same problem every day: Too many sections remain open, which quickly makes the sidebar cluttered - unless you meticulously close every open section every time.
By the way, there wouldn't even need to be a dedicated button for this feature if it's too difficult to implement. Even a shortcut that closes all other open sections at once when you collapse a section would be helpful.
Hi Beth,
Cmd 0 closes all toggles.
What I mean is not a shortcut to close all toggles, but to close all expanded sections in the left sidebar.
This does not exist, but it would be very helpful.
Hi VisualNotes does Cmd O work for you here?
As a heavy sidebar sections user I still would love to have at least a shortcut that would help collapsing all currently expanded sections at once.
So, you would collapse a section by clicking on it and pressing a key at the same time - and all other expanded sections would be collapse as well.