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Outline exporer items auto expands to follow cursor position in latest 4.x

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Problem Description

After PR #13109, the outline explorer is expanded automatically to follow where the cursor is in the editor. I think this is a UX regression to what was done in PR #7962.

I think that it is ok that the highlight in the Outline explorer follows the cursor position if the item is already visible, but it should not expand items automatically. That is why we have the Go to cursor position button.

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Versions

Spyder version: 4.2.0.dev0 2b8b7f669
Python version: 3.7.6 64-bit
Qt version: 5.12.5
PyQt5 version: 5.12.3
Operating System: Windows 10

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:17 (17 by maintainers)

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ccordoba12commented, Sep 30, 2020

I think we should preserve the behavior @andfoy added of automatically following the cursor (I find it more useful), but with an option to revert back to the previous behavior.

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andfoycommented, Sep 30, 2020

Yes, don’t worry, I can add an option on PR https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/pull/13885

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