From 1fd496a5e25c762bdc3cadb261b255485bde3417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hill <iamdavidhill@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:17:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: expand workspaces by default when enabled

---
 packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
index e58b2b0c7..b692903c6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
@@ -325,10 +325,19 @@ export default function Layout(props: ParentProps) {
   createEffect(() => {
     if (!pageReady()) return
     if (!layoutReady()) return
-    for (const [directory, expanded] of Object.entries(store.workspaceExpanded)) {
-      if (layout.sidebar.workspaces(directory)()) continue
-      if (!expanded) continue
-      setStore("workspaceExpanded", directory, false)
+    const project = currentProject()
+    if (!project) return
+
+    const enabled = layout.sidebar.workspaces(project.worktree)()
+    const dirs = [project.worktree, ...(project.sandboxes ?? [])]
+
+    for (const directory of dirs) {
+      const expanded = store.workspaceExpanded[directory]
+      if (enabled && expanded === undefined) {
+        setStore("workspaceExpanded", directory, true)
+      } else if (!enabled && expanded) {
+        setStore("workspaceExpanded", directory, false)
+      }
     }
   })