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This might be a bug since the UI seems to remember some expansion but I filed it under an enhancement just in case. I'd like to see the UI remember more of the tree expansion if possible. Sometimes I'll dig down into say a request object and get it set to where I want it and will flip to watches and then back and will lose the expansion. Once debugging proceeds I would understand not wanting to keep track at that point, but when just flipping between panels it would be nice to not have to drill down again.