Enhance display of child/sub categories

[molivier-fcms]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Hi,

This is an UX request. I have seen the application can handle child categories. However I find difficult to distinguish the child categories from others categories. A few adjustments could make is clearer.

Describe the solution you'd like
If possible indent the subcategories from left so the relation parent/child is visually clear.

If the sub-categories are indented, there is no longer a need to have the format parent-category / child-category. We could replace by child-category. So the line becomes lighter and there is more space for long child category names despite the indent.

EXTRA: when the parent category is open, having a minus sign to show it is open and it can be folded. It will enforce the fact it is a parent-category.

Additional context
Here is a screenshot of current display:

Here is the alternative I suggest:

[molivier-fcms]

There is no hurry. You already give your time for this app, and the app is really useful at this state.

You said in #518:

The first one is ugly as hell, but the second does not scale very good if the nested hierarchies are getting deeper....

(I am re-suggesting the second example)

That's true. I see a solution : having a tree as in tree app for linux or similar, so even if we scroll down we are aware that there is a superior relationship. However the risk to clutter the interface... maybe light grey colored could pass.

Parent
├─ child 1
├─ child 2
└─ child 3

EDIT: Simple vertical lines may work too. They are efficient with multiple sub-levels. Even if the sub-items are filling the screen, the vertical lines will show we are in a "n" level of sub-category.

Item 1
Item 2
 | sub 1.1
 | sub 1.2
 |  | sub 2.1
 |  | sub 2.2
 |  | ...
 |  | sub 2.x  
 |  sub 1.3
Item 3

[stefan-niedermann]

I remember that discussion slightly, it have been a while. I'll re-read the linked issue to reevaluate this problems we have seen then and check if they all are still valid or not 🙂

[pvcodes-zz]

Hi,is this issue resolved, if not I would like to give it a shot, also I couldn't find the Main activity files!

[ScottieKim]

Hi I would like to solve this UX request if possible

[stefan-niedermann]

Fixed in 3.4.13