In "mark folders as events" remember the folded/unfoldet

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My current workflow for importing photos looks like this:

I copy the photos from my SD-Card into my photos folder into a dedicated subfolder like
D:/Photos/2026-08-10 Event Name/[Day 1; Day 2;Day 3;Photos from others; etc.] using the Windows/Linux file manager.

Aspect automatically pics up that there are new photos and starts ad them to the libary. While this I try to open the “mark folders as events” dialog - unfortunately this only happens with great delay (10-30 seconds) since the program is busy cataloging the new photos.

Bug 1: My expected behavior here would be that I can do these two things simultaneously.

Edit: just observed: the delay of the opening of the “mark folders as events” dialog seems not to be related to the program being busy with other stuff. - it appears to be random??

Once I opened the dialog all (sub-)folders are unfolded - this makes the whole process very slow since the whole folder tree gets very (!) long and messy. I now have to close every subfolder to get a better overview and find my new created folder. I now accidentally often close this whole dialog by clicking outside the dialog window. Next time I open the dialog I have to start again to unfold all the subfolders.

Bug2: My expected behavior would be that the program remembers which folders I unfolded and which ones I kept open.
Bonus: if any changed/new added folders in the file structure would be highlighted.

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I’ve implemented the second part, remembering which folders are open/closed, for the next release. The opening time currently depends on certain OS functions that operate on the file system, so the timing can definitely vary based on what parts are already in the RAM based disk cache. While the wait time itself probably can’t be improved much, I will also look into changing the order so that the dialog bubble appears immediately and shows an activity indicator as long as the folder tree is still being put together.

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Thank you!