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[Feature Request] Objects UI has a collapsed group containing non-explictly shown objects

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by tracing the CQ-editor Objects UI and the handling of objects created without show_object(), then compare it with the explicit show_object(c) path. Done means non-explicit objects appear in a collapsed group, are invisible by default, and can be enabled manually without changing explicitly shown objects.

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Description

import cadquery as cq

a=cq.xxxxxx .....
b=cq.xxxxxx .....
c=cq.xxxxxx .....

If we don't use show_object(), then a,b,c are shown in CQ-editor's Object UI.

If we use

show_object(c)

then a,b are ignored completely in CQ-editor.

Please add a group to Objects UI. It is collapsed by default. It contains a, b and those non-explictly shown objects which are set to invisible by default. User can manually enable object in that group to make a object visible.

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