Collection showing child nodes in the content tree and the Delete option is missing (v14.1.1)

[Baracuda011]

Which Umbraco version are you using? (Please write the exact version, example: 10.1.0)

14.1.1

Bug summary

I have a container document type for which I have created a collection. The collection is limited to 25 records per page, it allows bulk Move and Delete, and I have removed Grid as an option.

I am getting the collection display on the right hand side, but I still see child nodes in the content tree. Also, there is no option to delete any node, just to bulk Publish and Unpublish.

Specifics

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Steps to reproduce

1. Create a parent document type
2. Create a child document type
3. Allow child document types to be created in the parent document type
4. Create a few child documents
5. Create a collection for the parent document type

Expected result / actual result

The collection should:

1. Display child documents as a grid / table
2. Child documents should not be visible in the content tree
3. Bulk Move and Delete options should be visible when activated, they are not visible

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[elit0451]

Hi @Baracuda011 👋

Thanks for reaching out! I managed to reproduce the missing bulk Delete action. Here is how the options look on v13.4.1:

Regarding not hiding the collection's child items in the tree, as far as I gathered, this is intentional as it helps pagination in the tree/menu but @nielslyngsoe or @madsrasmussen can elaborate if necessary 🙂

[Baracuda011]

Hi, @elit0451 . My expectation was to have the behaviour exactly like in your screenshot. As for the child items, I would really appreciate some additional context as lost views always removed child nodes from the content tree. This particular project I am working on at the moment, from where the screenshots are, will have several thousand child nodes in one container. Having them in the content tree will be very bad user experience. Would you agree?

[elit0451]

You can see https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/issues/16493#issuecomment-2139247159 for reference regarding the collection's child items 🙂

[Baracuda011]

Understood. Thanks, @elit0451 .

My personal opinion is that the user should have an option at least to hide child nodes from the content tree, as in my case I will never use it for this parent node with 3k+ child nodes.

[elit0451]

Thank you for the input, I'll let @iOvergaard know 😌