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[Chris Wilson <afrowildo@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
    Milestone: None => precise-1-file-management

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Title:
  Can't auto-expand all subfolders in Nautilus tree view.

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Triaged
Status in Nautilus:
  New
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In Nautilus's tree view, there seems to be no way to expand all
  subfolders within the currently selected folder. This means I have to
  manually click all the subfolder arrows to expand them, and manually
  expand all subfolders of those subfolders...etc. This is extremely
  awkward when having to work with reorganizing large numbers of files
  and folders.

  I know Shift+Left/Right arrow keys works, but you have to mash it to
  expand everything, and you're never sure if you expanded all the
  subfolders or not.

  Suggestions:

  A.) Ctrl+Click on tree-view folder arrow expands all subfolders of that folder.
  B.) Folder right-click menu when in tree view displays "Expand all subfolders".
  C.) Add "Ctrl+Shift+Left" and "Ctrl+Shift+Right" Keyboard shortcuts.

  
  P.S. I'm not sure if this qualifies as a paper cut, but the lack of this feature caused me to switch to Directory Opus (http://www.gpsoft.com.au/) - and thus back to Windows - for my day job (which involves organizing files), as I couldn't rival the productivity in any Linux file manager I found.

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