[dolphin] [Bug 485824] New: Support expand-selected and expand-all single-level and recursive functions when navigating folders using Dolphin's detailed tree view

[Patrick]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485824

            Bug ID: 485824
           Summary: Support expand-selected and expand-all single-level
                    and recursive functions when navigating folders using
                    Dolphin's detailed tree view
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: view-engine: details mode
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: canceledsnowfall at messagebox.email
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Unless someone knows a special command or access key to do this (I saw this
same issue reported elsewhere to no avail, apologies if there is already
something), despite using Dolphin for several years: 

When normally browsing folders using Dolphin's detailed expandable-folder view
(with detailed information columns and Expandable option enabled), I cannot
find a way to either:

1) Expand all selected folders down one level
3) Expand all selected folders recursively
2) Expand all folders down one level
4) Expand all folders recursively

In other words one can only expand a single folder by clicking the ">" icon
left of it, and it does not do so recursively. Such a functionality is mimicked
in IntelliJ IDEA's search results and other such programs, which have a
button-based "Expand All" search results, and by the "tree" command-line
utility. 

If there were a right-click menu item(s) (with sub-menu if need be,
corresponding to the possibilities above), then one could trigger the function
on all selected folders or using a predefined "Expand All [Folders]
[Recursively]" menu item.

A programmable quick-access key could also be useful.

The general use case is to have a UI version of the "tree" command-line
utility. Dolphin is the fastest and best file manager, therefore the
best-suited to expanding large directory structures via UI. In general this is
a more effective way to get a bird's-eye view of a large file set with minimal
effort, thus increasing productivity.

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