Web Site Basics > Viewing a site > Expanding and collapsing views
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Expanding and collapsing views
When you expand or collapse a file in one of the site views, you show or hide the files linked to it. The feature works in much the same way that expanding and collapsing folders work in Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder.
When you expand a file, it stays expanded until you collapse it explicitly. For example, if you collapse a file that governs a long path of files, the entire path disappears. And if you then expand the same file, the entire path reappears, not just the files linked directly to the expanded file.
You expand files from the home page file to view a whole site. Since most sites contain too many files to view all at once and scrolling the view can be awkward, you sometimes need to collapse files to view another portion of the site. However, there are a number of more precise techniques for moving and limiting the view. For information, see Viewing Web Sites.
To expand the view of a site completely:
Click the Unfold All button (
) on the toolbar.
To expand the view of a site incrementally:
1 Do either of the following:
) next to a page to view its child page or pages.) next to a page to view its incoming or outgoing links. The direction of the button from the page determines whether the links are incoming or outgoing. For information, see About orientation and direction.2 Continue clicking expand buttons until the view is expanded in the way that you want.
To collapse the view of a site incrementally:
1 Do either of the following:
) next to a page to hide its child page or pages.) next to a page to hide its incoming or outgoing links.2 Continue clicking collapse buttons until the view is collapsed in the way that you want.
To get advance information about an expansion:
Pause the pointer over the expand button before clicking. A tooltip provides the number of children, incoming links, or outgoing links the expansion will contain.
Web Site Basics > Viewing a site > Expanding and collapsing views