"Show Only Marked" no longer displays contents of marked folders (Regression?)

[BerniSc]

Hi, first of all - thanks for all your amazing work on nvim-tree!

I’ve noticed that after the recent bookmark-update (commit: c89215d6a1107a3c0c134750be48657ba8e6a9aa), when I mark a folder and use the "show only marked" filter (default M), only the folder itself is shown, not its files or subfolders. Previously, marking a folder would also display all its contents when filtering for marked items.

Current Behavior	Previous Behavior

I really appreciated the previous behavior, as it made it easy to select specific folders from a large list and quickly compare their subfolders and files, without needing to use complex filters or patterns. For my workflow, the main benefit comes from being able to view and compare the contents of marked folders, rather than just the folders themselves.

Was this change intentional, or is it a regression? Is there a way to restore the old workflow, or a recommended approach for this usecase?

If you need any further debugging or testing, I’m happy to help!

Thanks again for your help!

minimal.lua if needed

---@diagnostic disable: missing-fields

vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH = ".repro"
load(vim.fn.system("curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/folke/lazy.nvim/main/bootstrap.lua"))()

local plugins = {
    {
        "nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua",
        -- Working on this commit. If commented: newest Version -> does not show subfolders/files
        -- commit = "e66994d40db2d57c91bf9aeaee8bf7ab8b1131f6",
        lazy = false,
        dependencies = {
            "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
        },
        config = function()
            require("nvim-tree").setup {}
        end,
    },
}

require("lazy.minit").repro({ spec = plugins })

vim.g.mapleader = ' '
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>e', ':NvimTreeToggle<CR>')

[alex-courtis]

Confirmed as a regression to be fixed.
OK at e66994d
Regressed at c89215d

@xiantang I'd be most grateful if you resolved this bug.

[xiantang]

And btw please convert this discussion to be an issue

[alex-courtis]

Issue #3248

[alex-courtis]

In the meantime can you revert to e66994d ?

That was just for BerniSc as a temporary workaround.

I really do not like to revert features.

[xiantang]

#3249 fix is there

[BerniSc]

Please feel free to raise a bug next time @BerniSc - you completed almost all of the bug report template in this discussion.

In the meantime can you revert to e66994d ?

Alternatively, pull requests are most gratefully appreciated, see

* [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

* [Wiki: Development](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/wiki/Development)

Will do, thanks. Am still a bit new to this and wasn’t sure if it was an actual issue or just me using the plugin wrong, but I’ll be sure to use the bug report template next time and maybe even try a PR. Appreciate all your help and the quick fix!

[xiantang]

let me do it

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[alex-courtis]

let me do it

Thanks mate.

[alex-courtis]

I'd be grateful if you pulled latest and tested the fix #3249 @BerniSc

[BerniSc]

Thanks for the quick fix! I’ve pulled the latest changes and tested them - everything works as expected now. The contents of marked folders are displayed correctly again.

Really appreciate your help!