Expand subitems as default view

Hi community!
Amber here from the product team. I’m very excited to announce that as part of some improvements we made to subitems this quarter, you are now able to:
Expand / Collapse all items at the same time (using either the item menu or a keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+I or Cmnd+I)
Return to this view (of expanded / collapsed subitems) by default when moving back and forth between boards:


All expanded or collapsed subitems remain that way after refreshing - Watch Video

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This is great! Thanks for including the shortcut!!!

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This is so exciting! Thank you!

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Hi Amber,
Will this shortcut also work in shared views?

Hi can this not be a setting so that it is automatically set for all users and not just the person particularly where you are managing a big board and most of the users are viewers only? It would be great to just be able to send them a link to boards without having to say press ctrl+I if the board is already set as that is the view you want them to have all the time so they dont miss seeing sub items

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Hey @amber , thanks for this much needed update! Can you please update the Keyboard Shortcuts with this as well?? Much appreciated!

@amber I second this, would be incredibly useful to ensure clients/guests are not missing anything! :slight_smile:

Thank you for sharing your feedback on using subitems for printing boards. I understand the issue with the item name column width and the excessive vertical space for subitems. I’ll pass on your request for additional view/printing settings to adjust font size, padding, and other formatting options to our development team. We’ll consider this for future updates to improve the printing experience.

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There should be a way to keep subitems expanded when navigating away from a board and then returning. Seems like there should be a default setting or a view that could be saved to avoid having to re-expand every time one returns to a board.

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No idea how this isn’t already a native thing, seems very daft. Is it not possible?

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Use case:
As a project manager,
I want to expand all subtasks, so that I can…
I want to collapse all subtasks, so that I can…
Quickly clean up/organize the board based on my immediate needs

Context:
Sometimes when I have many tasks with subtasks I get information overload and want to get back to only seeing the tasks for the whole board.

Thank you!

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Great idea @jonathan92591 - a similar keyboard shortcut (CTRL+G for instance for groups) would be a welcome addition! You have my vote :slight_smile:

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Thank you and agreed! A keyboard shortcut would allow us to fly across boards with elegance and grace.

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Would love to have a keyboard shortcut to “expand all subitems” for the active board and/or active group. (similar to Ctrl + G for Expand/Collapse “All Groups”)

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This is a very important feature for me.
It would be perfect to have the option to expand all subitems in all groups of a given board with one click or a keyboard shortcut.

Currently, I can only expand all subitems within one group (over 3 dots next to the group name and “Expand all subitems”).
But I want to expand subitems for all groups.

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Yes!! Keyboard Shortcut to 1) Expand all Items in a Group 2) Expand all Sub-task in a task

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Can you please add this feature in Portfolio setup as well?