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I want to access the first entry of a :LOGBOOK: drawer independently of the visibility of a subtree: folded, partially folded, or unfolded. This function worked on 9.1.9 in the first two cases (folded and partially folded):

(defun my-org-clock-goto-next-clock ()
  (interactive)
  (org-back-to-heading)
  (search-forward "LOGBOOK:")
  (org-cycle 3)
  (forward-line)
  (move-beginning-of-line nil)
  )

I upgraded to Org mode 9.3.3 and (org-cycle 3) no longer unfolds a subtree. At a top-level heading, I see a message:

Already at the top level of the outline

I read the manual on local and global visibility cycling and could not find how to set a subtree to unfolded.

What is the command to unfold all contents of a subtree regardless of the initial state?

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    Try (outline-show-subtree) instead of (org-cycle 3).
    – NickD
    Feb 11, 2020 at 14:13
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    BTW, the doc string for org-cycle says: When there is a numeric prefix, go up to a heading with level ARG, do a ‘show-subtree’ and return to the previous cursor position. If ARG is negative, go up that many levels. That probably explains the error, but I don't know why it worked for 9.1.9 - probably an accident.
    – NickD
    Feb 11, 2020 at 14:16
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    I believe drawers are folded independently of structure: most people seem to want them folded even if the subtree is unfolded, so you have to do something extra to open them: try calling (org-cycle) when point is on the drawer name (i.e. after the (search-forward ...) or the (outline-show-subtree) since the latter returns point to where it was before the call).
    – NickD
    Feb 11, 2020 at 19:09
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    Maybe org-flag-drawer can be used instead: try (org-flag-drawer nil). org-cycle delegates to it in the case of a drawer. I'll try to get a decent answer written but it won't be before the weekend.
    – NickD
    Feb 13, 2020 at 20:50
  • Done, and I deleted my comments to keep a tidy thread.
    – miguelmorin
    Feb 15, 2020 at 9:11

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Summarizing the comments, you are looking for (outline-show-subtree) in the general case:

(outline-show-subtree)

Show everything after this heading at deeper levels.

In case of a drawer, which most people want folded even when the tree is unfolded, use (org-flag-drawer nil):

(org-flag-drawer FLAG &optional ELEMENT BEG END)

When FLAG is non-nil, hide the drawer we are at. Otherwise make it visible.

org-cycle delegates to org-flag-drawer in the case of a drawer.

You may need to call them in a different order, or when point is at the location you want unfolded.

For my case, the solution was:

(defun my-org-clock-goto-next-clock ()
  (interactive)
  (org-back-to-heading)
  (search-forward "LOGBOOK:")
  (outline-show-subtree)
  (org-flag-drawer nil)
  (forward-line)
  (move-beginning-of-line nil)
  )

It's probably an accident that (org-cycle 3) worked for 9.1.9, since the doc string for org-cycle says:

When there is a numeric prefix, go up to a heading with level ARG, do a ‘show-subtree’ and return to the previous cursor position. If ARG is negative, go up that many levels.

That probably explains the error in 9.3.3.

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