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. 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. Because 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. (See Magnifying and reducing the view and Centering views and displaying partial trees.)

To expand the view of a site or a tree in the site completely:

1. In a navigation view or links view, do one of the following:
• To expand the view of a site completely, select the home page (index.html).
• To expand the view of a tree in the site completely (a selected page and all of its children and grandchildren pages), select the page that is at the root or top of the hierarchy.
2. Click the Unfold All button  on the toolbar.

To expand the view of a site incrementally:

1. Do either of the following:
• In a navigation view, click the Expand button  next to a page to view its child page or pages.
• In a links view, click the Expand button  next to a page to view its incoming or outgoing links. The location of the Expand button relative to the page determines whether the links are incoming or outgoing. (See Changing the orientation of a view.)
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:
• In a navigation view, click the Collapse button  next to a page to hide its child page or pages.
• In a links view, click the Collapse button  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 (Windows only):

If you are using GoLive on Windows, pause the pointer over the expand button before clicking it. A tooltip provides the number of children, incoming links, or outgoing links the expansion contains.