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<p dir="auto">On 14 Oct 2020 Randall Meadows wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Clicking the little triangle next to a collapsed thread reveals the next message in the thread. Opt-clicking reveals the whole thread.</p>
<p dir="auto">Is it possible to have a Preference to reverse these, so that the default is to reveal the whole thread? I need to see the whole thread much more often than just one message.</p>
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<p dir="auto">That's actually macOS system functionality, the standard behavior for NSOutlineView views (which I'm assuming Benny is using in the UI). AFAIK, there isn't a way to flip the bits; I've just built up enough muscle memory over the years that my SOP is to ⌥-click the disclosure triangle now...</p>
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<p dir="auto">It's macOS functionality when the triangle is clicked to show the <em>contents</em> of something, eg. a folder. I can't conceive of any situation where one only wants to see the immediate replies to an email without viewing the whole thread.</p>
<p dir="auto">As you yourself say, you've built up muscle memory to always ⌥-click the disclosure triangle. Is there any reason to assume that everyone isn't doing that too?</p>
<p dir="auto">MST</p>
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