Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: For the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in *updated* comment #0) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome. Yes, there is a vertical scrollbar, but it's much less pleasing. Imagine you could not collapse but only vertical-scroll the attachment pane filled with dozens of attachments. Same thing.
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Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: For the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in *updated* comment #0) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome. Yes, there is a vertical scrollbar, but it's much less pleasing. Imagine you could not collapse but only vertical-scroll the attachment pane filled with dozens of attachments. Same thing. That's why the attachment pane is collapsible.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to disable the tags entirely, but only to hide them temporarily when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in *updated* comment #0) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome. Yes, there is a vertical scrollbar, but it's much less pleasing. Imagine you could not collapse but only vertical-scroll the attachment pane filled with dozens of attachments. Same thing. That's why the attachment pane is collapsible.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to disable the tags entirely, but only to hide them temporarily when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in comment #0, workaround) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome. Yes, there is a vertical scrollbar, but it's much less pleasing. Imagine you could not collapse but only vertical-scroll the attachment pane filled with dozens of attachments. Same thing. That's why the attachment pane is collapsible.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to disable the tags entirely, but only to hide them temporarily when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. To make another comparison: Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in comment #0, workaround) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome. Yes, there is a vertical scrollbar, but it's much less pleasing. Imagine you could not collapse but only vertical-scroll the attachment pane filled with dozens of attachments. Same thing. That's why the attachment pane is collapsible.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to **entirely disable** the tags, but only to **temporarily hide** them when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in comment #0, workaround #1) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome.
Thank you for the question. I reworked comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to **entirely disable** the tags, but only to **temporarily hide** them when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in comment #0, workaround #1) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to **entirely disable** the tags, but only to **temporarily hide** them when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. Imagine you had to go through the entire 3-step procedure (in comment #0, workaround #1) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to **entirely disable** the tags, but only to **temporarily hide** them when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. > *"Why would we offer this when the user can disable the tags folder mode?"* In the same manner, you could also ask: _"Why would we offer to collapse the folder tree and its subfolders, when the user can disable the folder pane altogether?"_ Imagine you only had the choice of either disabling the *entire* folder pane or go use a 3-step workaround (workaround #1 in comment #0) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome either way.
Thank you for the question. I updated comment #0 to clarify. Answer: The goal is not to **entirely disable** the tags, but only to **temporarily hide** them when user needs more vertical space. So it's for the very same reason users can temporarily expand/collapse other generally desired areas (e.g. attachment pane) when there is not enough screen space. > *"Why would we offer this when the user can disable the tags folder mode?"* In the same manner, you could also ask: _"Why would we offer to collapse the folder tree and its subfolders, when the user can disable the folder pane altogether?"_ Imagine you only had the choice of either disabling the *entire* folder pane or use a 3-step workaround (workaround #1 in comment #0) each time you want to expand/collapse a folder in the folder tree. That would be quite cumbersome either way.