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Improve tree search experience

Improve tree search experience

When searching for text within the tree, the Find Results window currently shows which tree elements contain the search string. If there are many items in the tree however, it is difficult to find the node in the tree view to make changes to its parent. While right-clicking provides a "Explore Tree" option, it doesn't appear to allow changes to be made to parent nodes, unless the parent node is also listed separately in the find results and the user selects "Explore Tree" on that instead.

It would be very helpful if the user could click on a find result, and the tree view would update to show the tree element in question (expanding the tree, if needed, to do so). This could be a right-click option on the items in the Find Results list, or the left-click behavior. This approach would allow for parent nodes to be edited if desired.

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philboboADSK
Autodesk

You can go to the parent node from within a tree view using the right-click menu option View > Up:

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jon_abbott
Not applicable

Thanks, @phil.bobo for this tip. I would still like the ability for the tree view to update and show what search result is being clicked on, however... that would reduce the need to use View > Up multiple times in a row if the parent node of interest is a few levels up. Another alternative would be to have a "View > Root Parent Node" that opens up all branches of the tree above the node being right-clicked on.

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