# Showing children and descendants of tags

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/showing-children-and-descendants-of-tags/18691>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Created:** [January 10, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/showing-children-and-descendants-of-tags/18691 "2026-01-10T14:40:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chris\_o](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/chris_o/32/5741_2.png) [@chris\_o](https://community.bear.app/u/chris_o)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/showing-children-and-descendants-of-tags/18691/1 "2026-01-10T14:40:16Z")

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I’d like it if when you have selected a tag _and_ the tag is collapsed the interface would show all notes (children and descendants) under the tag. This is the current behavior. But if I expand the tag then it would only show notes that are direct children of that tag and not the descendants. The equivalent of `!#mytag`

This is similar to how Timing.app chooses to group entries when you select / expand / collapse projects and it works really well.

The problem with just relying on the `!#mytag` search term is that when you search and go exploring your notes you lose your search and then have to re-enter it and find your place again.

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**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/showing-children-and-descendants-of-tags/18691/2 "2026-01-11T21:36:35Z")

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![Screenshot 2026-01-11 at 22.34.26](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/f/f7dd64dbb9c9551057bea7fbc127e6d7de719ccc.jpeg)

here the option to change what notes are shown

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**Author:** ![chris\_o](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/chris_o/32/5741_2.png) [@chris\_o](https://community.bear.app/u/chris_o)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/showing-children-and-descendants-of-tags/18691/3 "2026-01-18T15:11:01Z")

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Not quite what I was hoping for, but I think if I set a keyboard shortcut for it it’s probably good enough (and slightly better in a couple ways)

Thanks for pointing this out.