Option "Move Cells on Fold" for external tables

[karabest]

There are two collapsible tables.

If I expand the first table, the second one shifts. It works correctly.

If I expand inside the table, option "Move cells on fold" works only inside the first table, but not shifts the second one

What I expect. How to do this

[draw-io-triage-bot]

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Summary: The user requests that the "Move cells on fold" feature propagate beyond the boundary of a collapsible table, so that when a sub-section inside one table is expanded/collapsed, sibling tables outside it are also shifted accordingly to avoid overlap.

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📝 Additional Information Needed

To help us investigate this more effectively, could you please provide:

• environment: Which version/platform of draw.io is being used (desktop app, web app, Confluence, etc.)? Browser and OS details would also be helpful.

We also have some questions:

• Are the two collapsible tables siblings at the same level (i.e., not nested inside a common parent container), or are they both inside a shared parent group/container?
• Could you share the .drawio XML file so developers can reproduce the exact layout and hierarchy of the cells?
• Have you tried placing both tables inside a common parent container to see if the 'Move cells on fold' behavior propagates to the second table when expanding/collapsing sub-sections within the first table?

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[ManishPrakkash]

I would love to work on this issue if it is still available.

[draw-io-triage-bot]

👋 Thank you for opening this issue!

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Summary: The user requests that the "Move Cells on Fold" behavior propagate beyond the immediate parent container — specifically, when expanding/collapsing a nested collapsible section inside a table, sibling tables outside that parent should also shift accordingly to accommodate the size change, rather than only cells within the same parent table being moved.

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🔍 Possible Related Issues

This issue might be related to existing issues:

🟡 #1928 - "Move Cells on Fold" property distorts connectors
Both issues involve the 'Move Cells on Fold' behavior not working as expected, though #1928 focuses on connector distortion while this issue is about the fold/expand of nested containers not propagating the cell shift to sibling containers outside the parent.

🟡 #4413 - [Feature Request] Option to bring container forward (in front of neighbors) when expanding it
Related to how expanding/collapsing containers affects neighboring elements, though the specific request differs — #4413 is about z-order/overlap while this issue is about positional shifting of sibling containers.

Please check if any of these address your issue. If this is a duplicate, we may close this issue and continue the conversation there.

📝 Additional Information Needed

To help us investigate this more effectively, could you please provide:

• Could you share the .drawio file so that developers can reproduce the exact setup with the nested collapsible tables?
• Are you using draw.io Desktop, the web version, or a plugin (e.g., Confluence/Jira)? Which version?

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