Hi,Please see the attached patch that remedies a longstanding, simple shortcoming in Org's Imenu support.
Thanks, Adam
From 00104b2b9246b19cdb02bbce993d120581dc9f0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Porter <a...@alphapapa.net> Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 02:59:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] org-imenu-get-tree: Allow parent headings to be selected themselves Imenu only allows leaf nodes to be chosen. In programming language buffers, non-leaf nodes are "virtual" nodes, i.e. categories like "functions" or "variables" rather than actual locations in the buffer. But in Org buffers, non-leaf nodes are headings, which the user may want to select with Imenu. So now, for a non-leaf node (i.e. headings that have children), we push an extra item to the result, without including its children, so that it can be listed and selected in Imenu as a leaf node. --- lisp/org-compat.el | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/org-compat.el b/lisp/org-compat.el index 7041976..e9c53cf 100644 --- a/lisp/org-compat.el +++ b/lisp/org-compat.el @@ -1053,6 +1053,11 @@ This also applied for speedbar access." (let* ((m (point-marker)) (item (propertize headline 'org-imenu-marker m 'org-imenu t))) (push m org-imenu-markers) + (when (save-excursion (org-goto-first-child)) + ;; Entry has children: push an extra item for entry + ;; itself so it can be selected (Imenu only allows + ;; selection of leaf nodes). + (push (cons item m) (aref subs level))) (if (>= level last-level) (push (cons item m) (aref subs level)) (push (cons item -- 2.7.4
