# Don't Collapse Folders When Saving **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 23, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680 "2010-03-23T15:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bryan\_cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680/1 "2010-03-23T15:08:26Z")
ex. When I’ve got a number of Windows separated into various folders and I click the Save icon, any expanded folders within the Project Browser are collapsed. ---
**Author:** ![ematschke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ematschke/32/7544_2.png) [@ematschke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ematschke)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680/2 "2019-10-08T14:19:17Z")
Nine year later, still lame ---
**Author:** ![josh3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@josh3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josh3)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680/3 "2021-10-11T06:28:08Z")
Hi , So I’m guessing there is no fix for this? ---
**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Alsaadi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ahmed\_Alsaadi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ahmed_Alsaadi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680/4 "2024-11-28T06:03:34Z")
14 years later still happening. Very frustrating bug. I've noticed that this happens when doing various other tasks within the perspective session, and it seems to affect the tag browser too. There really needs to be an "expand all" toggle as I'm spending far too much time expanding tree structures only to have them collapse on me for no reason at all. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Deenen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@Patrick\_Deenen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Patrick_Deenen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680/5 "2025-06-17T08:45:20Z")
15+ years later, still happening... ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dont-collapse-folders-when-saving/1680/6 "2025-06-17T14:01:15Z")
Please vote: > **[Designer Project tree should maintain expansion state | Ignition Features and...](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/designer-project-tree-should-maintain-expansion-state)** > > I'm not sure what triggers the collapsing, but I'm constantly having to re-expand folders/views after switching over to edit something else, and it's a major Tree selection is also very buggy: > **[App jumping driving me nuts! | Ignition Features and Ideas | Inductive...](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/app-jumping-driving-me-nuts)** > > Is there any way when I am in the designer, and I click from perspective, to scripts or named queries that the whole screen doesn't jump? I always end up