Expand All / Collapse All Shortcuts - Feature Recommendation
Expand Shortcut (Windows) is Ctrl + ↓
I propose that (while holding Ctrl) a double tap of the ' ↓ ' (down arrow) key would expand every sub-bullet. In other words, Ctrl + ↓ expands the list item, and Ctrl + ↓↓ would be the equivalent of the 'Expand All' command for that list-item and its sub-bullets.
'Expand All' functionality is very handy, and needs a shortcut of some kind, at a minimum! :)
There might be an opportunity to do something similar with Collapse shortcut behavior, as well. That was has some additional considerations. But, essentially giving a shortcut for 'Collapse All'.
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Hi Frank!
This is so strange! Because I gave up before thinking it was something wrong with my computer but now i am trying with a new computer and the same thing happens.
It won't work because "Cmd+Space" triggers the native MacOS spotlight search! So doing Cmd+DoubleSpace will trigger the spotlight and then close it while WorkFlowy stays the same.
Doing it with the Control key instead of the Command key won't do anything either!
Any idea what could be happening? Please help solve this! :) I can't be the only one having this problem…
Thanks!
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Hi Max,
I'd love to get to the bottom of this. I wish I could. You mentioned the spotlight search... is this enabled for all Mac users? This is one of those hidden shortcuts that have not been made official and it is a pity that it would conflict with Spotlight search. A workaround for now (as you've seen me mention elsewhere, so I know this is repetitive and not the most convenient for you) is to double click on the expand/ collapse arrows for now.
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I'd love to get to the bottom of this. I wish I could. You mentioned the spotlight search... is this enabled for all Mac users?
Yes, Command+Space is the classic macOS global shortcut to trigger the Spotlight which we Mac users use all the time to search for items, open docs, play media, message contacts, launch apps, run commands, etc, etc, etc. It is like one of the most essential shortcut in Mac that you use constantly no matter the context you are in to launch everything and navigate your computer without lifting your fingers from the keyboard!
This is one of those hidden shortcuts that have not been made official and it is a pity that it would conflict with Spotlight search.
I do agree it is a pity that it would conflict with the OS Spotlight because as I mentioned before, the Spotlight is so core to the MacOS functionality that I don't think any mac user would give up that, even if it was possible to override it (which I don't know if it is).
A workaround for now (as you've seen me mention elsewhere, so I know this is repetitive and not the most convenient for you) is to double click on the expand/ collapse arrows for now.
Yes, that's the closest thing we have currently on MacOS but as you said it is quite repetitive and more annoyingly it requires to leave the keyboard to get a mouse and move it to a special place and then double click at the very least twice… So yes, my request is for a quick hotkey combination AKA a keyboard shortcut to execute such a frequent and useful action (collapse all / expand all).
Thanks for logging this as a request or searching for an answer! It would be great to have an official documented and universal solution (Mac/PC) for this feature!
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