Reference Panel: Should reference results be expanded by default?

[macraig]

Currently, the reference panel only expands references if results come from 1 repository. If results include references from multiple repositories, references are collapsed to ensure the user can have visibility of all the repos where references were found. What was meant to be prevented by this default behavior was cross-repo results to be hidden below a large number of references of the first repo shown.

As a counter-argument to this reasoning, we've received the following feedback:

Defaulting to things collapsed isn’t as fluid as the old (ref panel). My gut says opening at least the first repo in the list, and possibly just open all of them. It’s just a little tedious (even after only a few minutes) of having to go re-open the repo every single time I click on a new symbol

Should the references from the first repo in the list be expanded by default to favor a more fluid navigation experience?

[jjinnii]

For context, Slack thread

[malomarrec]

Hey @macraig, this issue didn't have a team label. Given you created it, I assigned you and added your team label. Feel free to unassign yourself. If this is not the right label, can you make sure to add the right one?