Suggestion for demoting collapsed branch

Suggestion for demoting collapsed branch

[Kevin Haddock]

When a branch is collapsed (e.g. invisible), demoting the header should demote all the subnodes also.

For example, if I have:

* a
* b
* c
** ca
** cb
** cd
* d

and I have the cursor on * c and hit alt-right it would just demote * c to ** c, but if c is collapsed ('* c...') hitting alt-right on it should demote * c to ** c but when I expand * c, ** ca should now be *** ca, ** cb should be *** cb, etc...

This way I can quickly demote whole sections of the tree by just collapsing them.  I would think this would be the expected behavior.  Perhaps I am missing a mechanism to easily do it.  I am pretty new to org-mode.

Thanks for the otherwise great utility,

-Kevin

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Re: Suggestion for demoting collapsed branch

[Nick Dokos]

Kevin Haddock <kevinhaddock@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> When a branch is collapsed (e.g. invisible), demoting the header should demote all the subnodes also.
> 
> For example, if I have:
> 
> * a
> * b
> * c
> ** ca
> ** cb
> ** cd
> * d
> 
> and I have the cursor on * c and hit alt-right it would just demote *
> c to ** c, but if c is collapsed ('* c...') hitting alt-right on it
> should demote * c to ** c but when I expand * c, ** ca should now be
> *** ca, ** cb should be *** cb, etc...
> 
> This way I can quickly demote whole sections of the tree by just
> collapsing them.  I would think this would be the expected behavior.
> Perhaps I am missing a mechanism to easily do it.  I am pretty new to
> org-mode.

Have you tried M-S-<right> on the heading to be demoted? Or from the Org
menu, Edit Structure/Demote Subtree? Eventually, you get the key combo into
your fingers and then it's quicker than "collapse, demote, uncollapse"
would be, although I admit that your idea has a certain elegance -
the fly in the ointment is how hard it would be to implement and that
I am in no position to evaluate.

> 
> Thanks for the otherwise great utility,
> 

Whatchoo mean "otherwise"? :-) Just kidding :-)

Nick

Re: Suggestion for demoting collapsed branch

[Sebastian Rose]

M-S-RIGHT
M-S-LEFT

I think it's better to behave the same way for collapsed and expanded
trees.


Regards

  Sebastian

Kevin Haddock <kevinhaddock@yahoo.com> writes:
> When a branch is collapsed (e.g. invisible), demoting the header should demote
> all the subnodes also.
>
> For example, if I have:
>
> * a * b * c ** ca ** cb ** cd * d
>
> and I have the cursor on * c and hit alt-right it would just demote * c to ** c,
> but if c is collapsed ('* c...') hitting alt-right on it should demote * c to **
> c but when I expand * c, ** ca should now be *** ca, ** cb should be *** cb,
> etc...
>
> This way I can quickly demote whole sections of the tree by just collapsing
> them.  I would think this would be the expected behavior.  Perhaps I am missing
> a mechanism to easily do it.  I am pretty new to org-mode.
>
> Thanks for the otherwise great utility,
>
> -Kevin