Usability "souce control" tree element filtering bad #140563
Description
Issue Type: Bug
The "Souce Control" view of VS code allows for element filtering in its tree view (I like that!)
Alas, this filtering suffers from a few usability concerns which make the feature less functional than (easily) feasible.
Lets start with a screenshot which I will use to illustrate those challenges:
a) visually detached filter
Notice how I "enabled" treeview element filtering by typing "care" - see upper right corner. But also notice the large gap between the typed "care" and the filtered elements (thanks to the commit message box).
Request: Make typed "care" appear above the "Changes" list (lower right corner of the Commit message), not in the upper right corner of the "Source Control" panel
b) filtering (partially) collapsed tree-perspective treeview
The treeview can be switched between a list and tree perspective; I much prefer the tree perspective. The tree perspective may be (partially) collapsed.
Filtering of elements works perfectly in any perspective, but in tree perspective (partially) collapsed elements are a pain: there does not seem to be any way to "expand all" or "collapse all", such that the effects of filtering become visible.
Request: Provide a means to at least "expand all" (e.g. [+]) and possibly "collapse all" ([-])
For reference, the plain "Explorer" panel does have a "collapse all" ([-]) icon in the top right corner - but also lacks an "expand all" (e.g. [+]) icon
So, generally, the lack of means to "expand all" has negative impact on the usability to filter that tree view, in particular for directories (workspaces) with a large number of (deeply nested) directories.
VS Code version: Code 1.63.2 (899d46d, 2021-12-15T09:39:46.686Z)
OS version: Linux x64 5.15.13-200.fc35.x86_64
Restricted Mode: No
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz (8 x 2904) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off opengl: enabled_on rasterization: disabled_software skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled |
| Load (avg) | 1, 1, 1 |
| Memory (System) | 31.31GB (15.31GB free) |
| Process Argv | --disable-extensions --crash-reporter-id 80e0ae97-0bc4-4a76-8337-f435f2ec1554 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 100% |
| DESKTOP_SESSION | /usr/share/xsessions/plasmax11 |
| XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP | KDE |
| XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP | KDE |
| XDG_SESSION_TYPE | x11 |
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