Collapsed parent symbol is missing when Number children is off

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#1

Steps to reproduce

Have a list with children and grandchildren items, toggle ā€˜Number childrenā€™ from the document title item menu.

Expected result

The ā€œ>ā€ or ā€œfilled right pointing triangleā€ symbol to the left of the parent is unaffected.

Actual result

The ā€œ>ā€ or ā€œfilled right pointing triangleā€ symbol to the left of the parent disappears when ā€œNumber childrenā€ is off.

Environment

Chrome

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Additional comments

I like having an always-on symbol to indicate parent items with collapsed children. I very much dislike when they disappear. But I also dislike number mode. For now I will live with the numbers, as they are less objectionable than losing the symbol.

#2

I just realized this only affects ā€œArticleā€ view.

#3

Thanks for narrowing this down.

In article view, most symbols are eliminated to make it look more like an ā€œarticleā€. Even if not numbered, you canā€™t tell if an item has child items, if you donā€™t hover it.

When you hover the item, the collapsed parent symbol should still show up, right?

#4

Right. Ok. Well if itā€™s on purpose I guess itā€™s not a bug. I canā€™t think of why someone would want no way to tell there is collapsed stuff hiding in plain sight though. Maybe they cope with it by manually setting parent items to a different font or something. Well thanks for explaining.

#5

If they want to tell things apart, should have used the List View. My point was just that if list items had symbols and bullet points, it doesnā€™t look like Article View any more.

You can always compensate this with custom CSS, by the way, now that we have custom CSS :smiley: