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[John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne,

On 21/05/2019 18:26, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> John,
>
> If this is not acceptable, would an option that allows the user to turn
> this feature on or off be an acceptable solution.  In some use cases, I
> can see the value of the this patch.

I'm not saying it's unacceptable, I'm just not sure the attached 
"expanded" behaviour is what you want to see (by default), because you 
get so few results on a page (if the symbols in the results have many 
subunits, it could be only one). It's certainly a judgment call. What 
would you like to see here?

> If John, is OK with a user option, would you be OK with making this
> behavior user configurable?

If configuration *is* wanted, something like a checkbox somewhere in 
that dialog for "expand subunits" would probably be a good place, so it 
can be changed quickly as needed. But if it's a checkbox "in the clear" 
in the dialog (as opposed to in a context menu or otherwise hidden), 
it's a space-function trade-off.

Cheers,

John

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