Material: Material always opens the full tree (expanded)

M4xTheMan commented 2 weeks ago

Is there an existing issue for this?

[X] I have searched the existing issues

Problem description

When setting a material to a body for the first time or when opening the material dialog for a body which already has a material assignment, the "material tree" always opens fully expanded.

Proposal

If no material got assigned earlier (= default material is assigned): Expand only "Favorites" and "Recent"
If a material is already assigned: Open the "category" where this material belongs to.

Questions

How many materials would be displayed under "recent"?
Can one material be present in several "categories" (apart from favorites and recent)? If so, it would be difficult to expand the corresponding category if a material is already assigned.
If a material is already assigned: Would it be useful to "jump" to the assigned material?

Full version info

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.22.0dev.36807 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: main
Hash: cc96f2718e139d670e08c4226bdea9955a102ed6
Python 3.11.8, Qt 5.15.13, Coin 4.0.2, Vtk 9.2.6, OCC 7.7.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Installed mods: 
  * LCInterlocking
  * kicadStepUpMod 11.1.0
  * Lithophane
  * lattice2 1.0.0
  * Defeaturing 1.2.2
  * Manipulator
  * fasteners 0.5.16
  * Assembly3 0.12.2
  * sheetmetal 0.4.10
  * InventorLoader 1.4.0
  * Assembly4
  * Curves 0.6.29
  * POV-Ray-Rendering
  * OpenDark 2023.12.17
  * 3DfindIT 1.2.0
  * Gridfinity 0.3.0
  * Freecad-Built-in-themes-beta 1.2.2

Subproject(s) affected?

Other (specify in description)

Anything else?

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davesrocketshop commented 2 weeks ago

This was a known issue in the initial merge. It was intended as minimum viable product and is being addressed.

M4xTheMan commented 2 weeks ago

Do you've the number of the PR at hand?

davesrocketshop commented 2 weeks ago

Do you've the number of the PR at hand?

It is in progress, not submitted yet. Expect it by tomorrow.

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