diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
index 749036598..850aa3fba 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import FNote from "../../../entities/fnote";
 import Icon from "../../react/Icon";
 import { ViewModeProps } from "../interface";
-import {  useNoteLabelBoolean, useImperativeSearchHighlighlighting } from "../../react/hooks";
+import {  useImperativeSearchHighlighlighting, useNoteLabel } from "../../react/hooks";
 import NoteLink from "../../react/NoteLink";
 import "./ListOrGridView.css";
 import content_renderer from "../../../services/content_renderer";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import attribute_renderer from "../../../services/attribute_renderer";
 import { filterChildNotes, useFilteredNoteIds } from "./utils";
 
 export function ListView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }: ViewModeProps<{}>) {
-    const [ isExpanded ] = useNoteLabelBoolean(note, "expanded");
+    const expandDepth = useExpansionDepth(note);
     const noteIds = useFilteredNoteIds(note, unfilteredNoteIds);
     const { pageNotes, ...pagination } = usePagination(note, noteIds);
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function ListView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }
 
                 <div class="note-list-container use-tn-links">
                     {pageNotes?.map(childNote => (
-                        <ListNoteCard note={childNote} parentNote={note} expand={isExpanded} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} />
+                        <ListNoteCard note={childNote} parentNote={note} expandDepth={expandDepth} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} currentLevel={1} />
                     ))}
                 </div>
 
@@ -56,12 +56,19 @@ export function GridView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }
     );
 }
 
-function ListNoteCard({ note, parentNote, expand, highlightedTokens }: { note: FNote, parentNote: FNote, expand?: boolean, highlightedTokens: string[] | null | undefined }) {
-    const [ isExpanded, setExpanded ] = useState(expand);
+function ListNoteCard({ note, parentNote, highlightedTokens, currentLevel, expandDepth }: {
+    note: FNote,
+    parentNote: FNote,
+    currentLevel: number,
+    expandDepth: number,
+    highlightedTokens: string[] | null | undefined
+}) {
+
+    const [ isExpanded, setExpanded ] = useState(currentLevel <= expandDepth);
     const notePath = getNotePath(parentNote, note);
 
     // Reset expand state if switching to another note, or if user manually toggled expansion state.
-    useEffect(() => setExpanded(expand), [ note, expand ]);
+    useEffect(() => setExpanded(currentLevel <= expandDepth), [ note, currentLevel, expandDepth ]);
 
     return (
         <div
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ function ListNoteCard({ note, parentNote, expand, highlightedTokens }: { note: F
 
             {isExpanded && <>
                 <NoteContent note={note} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} noChildrenList />
-                <NoteChildren note={note} parentNote={parentNote} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} />
+                <NoteChildren note={note} parentNote={parentNote} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} currentLevel={currentLevel} expandDepth={expandDepth} />
             </>}
         </div>
     )
@@ -160,14 +167,25 @@ function NoteContent({ note, trim, noChildrenList, highlightedTokens }: { note:
     return <div ref={contentRef} className="note-book-content" />;
 }
 
-function NoteChildren({ note, parentNote, highlightedTokens }: { note: FNote, parentNote: FNote, highlightedTokens: string[] | null | undefined }) {
+function NoteChildren({ note, parentNote, highlightedTokens, currentLevel, expandDepth }: {
+    note: FNote,
+    parentNote: FNote,
+    currentLevel: number,
+    expandDepth: number,
+    highlightedTokens: string[] | null | undefined
+}) {
     const [ childNotes, setChildNotes ] = useState<FNote[]>();
 
     useEffect(() => {
         filterChildNotes(note).then(setChildNotes);
     }, [ note ]);
 
-    return childNotes?.map(childNote => <ListNoteCard note={childNote} parentNote={parentNote} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens} />)
+    return childNotes?.map(childNote => <ListNoteCard
+        note={childNote}
+        parentNote={parentNote}
+        highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens}
+        currentLevel={currentLevel + 1} expandDepth={expandDepth}
+    />)
 }
 
 function getNotePath(parentNote: FNote, childNote: FNote) {
@@ -178,3 +196,17 @@ function getNotePath(parentNote: FNote, childNote: FNote) {
         return `${parentNote.noteId}/${childNote.noteId}`
     }
 }
+
+function useExpansionDepth(note: FNote) {
+    const [ expandDepth ] = useNoteLabel(note, "expanded");
+
+    if (expandDepth === null || expandDepth === undefined) { // not defined
+        return 0;
+    } else if (expandDepth === "") { // defined without value
+        return 1;
+    } else if (expandDepth === "all") {
+        return Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+    } else {
+        return parseInt(expandDepth, 10);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx
index e961ae1f0..7a5f9b6b1 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ import FormSelect, { FormSelectWithGroups } from "../react/FormSelect";
 import { TabContext } from "./ribbon-interface";
 import { mapToKeyValueArray } from "../../services/utils";
 import { useNoteLabel, useNoteLabelBoolean } from "../react/hooks";
-import { bookPropertiesConfig, BookProperty, ButtonProperty, CheckBoxProperty, ComboBoxProperty, NumberProperty } from "./collection-properties-config";
-import Button from "../react/Button";
+import { bookPropertiesConfig, BookProperty, ButtonProperty, CheckBoxProperty, ComboBoxProperty, NumberProperty, SplitButtonProperty } from "./collection-properties-config";
+import Button, { SplitButton } from "../react/Button";
 import { ParentComponent } from "../react/react_utils";
 import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
 import FormCheckbox from "../react/FormCheckbox";
 import FormTextBox from "../react/FormTextBox";
 import { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
 import { ViewTypeOptions } from "../collections/interface";
+import { FormDropdownDivider, FormListItem } from "../react/FormList";
 
 const VIEW_TYPE_MAPPINGS: Record<ViewTypeOptions, string> = {
   grid: t("book_properties.grid"),
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ function mapPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: BookProper
   switch (property.type) {
     case "button":
       return <ButtonPropertyView note={note} property={property} />
+    case "split-button":
+      return <SplitButtonPropertyView note={note} property={property} />
     case "checkbox":
       return <CheckboxPropertyView note={note} property={property} />
     case "number":
@@ -97,15 +100,39 @@ function ButtonPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: ButtonP
     title={property.title}
     icon={property.icon}
     onClick={() => {
-      if (!parentComponent) return;
-      property.onClick({
-        note,
-        triggerCommand: parentComponent.triggerCommand.bind(parentComponent)
-    });
+        if (!parentComponent) return;
+        property.onClick({
+            note,
+            triggerCommand: parentComponent.triggerCommand.bind(parentComponent)
+        });
     }}
   />
 }
 
+function SplitButtonPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: SplitButtonProperty }) {
+    const parentComponent = useContext(ParentComponent);
+    const clickContext = parentComponent && {
+        note,
+        triggerCommand: parentComponent.triggerCommand.bind(parentComponent)
+    };
+
+    return <SplitButton
+        text={property.label}
+        icon={property.icon}
+        onClick={() => clickContext && property.onClick(clickContext)}
+    >
+        {clickContext && property.items.map(subproperty => {
+            if ("type" in subproperty && subproperty) {
+                return <FormDropdownDivider />
+            }
+
+            return (
+                <FormListItem onClick={() => clickContext && subproperty.onClick(clickContext)}>{subproperty.label}</FormListItem>
+            );
+        })}
+    </SplitButton>
+}
+
 function CheckboxPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: CheckBoxProperty }) {
   const [ value, setValue ] = useNoteLabelBoolean(note, property.bindToLabel);
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/collection-properties-config.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/collection-properties-config.ts
index 76a2193c5..5161e1496 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/collection-properties-config.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/collection-properties-config.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ export interface ButtonProperty {
     label: string;
     title?: string;
     icon?: string;
-    onClick: (context: BookContext) => void;
+    onClick(context: BookContext): void;
+}
+
+export interface SplitButtonProperty extends Omit<ButtonProperty, "type"> {
+    type: "split-button";
+    items: ({
+        label: string;
+        onClick(context: BookContext): void;
+    } | {
+        type: "separator"
+    })[];
 }
 
 export interface NumberProperty {
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ export interface ComboBoxProperty {
     options: (ComboBoxItem | ComboBoxGroup)[];
 }
 
-export type BookProperty = CheckBoxProperty | ButtonProperty | NumberProperty | ComboBoxProperty;
+export type BookProperty = CheckBoxProperty | ButtonProperty | NumberProperty | ComboBoxProperty | SplitButtonProperty;
 
 interface BookContext {
     note: FNote;
@@ -87,16 +97,37 @@ export const bookPropertiesConfig: Record<ViewTypeOptions, BookConfig> = {
             {
                 label: t("book_properties.expand"),
                 title: t("book_properties.expand_all_children"),
-                type: "button",
+                type: "split-button",
                 icon: "bx bx-move-vertical",
-                async onClick({ note, triggerCommand }) {
-                    const { noteId } = note;
-                    if (!note.isLabelTruthy("expanded")) {
-                        await attributes.addLabel(noteId, "expanded");
+                onClick: buildExpandListHandler(1),
+                items: [
+                    {
+                        label: "Expand 1 level",
+                        onClick: buildExpandListHandler(1)
+                    },
+                    { type: "separator" },
+                    {
+                        label: "Expand 2 levels",
+                        onClick: buildExpandListHandler(2),
+                    },
+                    {
+                        label: "Expand 3 levels",
+                        onClick: buildExpandListHandler(3),
+                    },
+                    {
+                        label: "Expand 4 levels",
+                        onClick: buildExpandListHandler(4),
+                    },
+                    {
+                        label: "Expand 5 levels",
+                        onClick: buildExpandListHandler(5),
+                    },
+                    { type: "separator" },
+                    {
+                        label: "Expand all children",
+                        onClick: buildExpandListHandler("all"),
                     }
-
-                    triggerCommand("refreshNoteList", { noteId });
-                },
+                ]
             }
         ]
     },
@@ -185,3 +216,17 @@ function buildMapLayer([ id, layer ]: [ string, MapLayer ]): ComboBoxItem {
         label: layer.name
     };
 }
+
+function buildExpandListHandler(depth: number | "all") {
+    return async ({ note, triggerCommand }: BookContext) => {
+        const { noteId } = note;
+
+        const existingValue = note.getLabelValue("expanded");
+        let newValue: string | undefined = typeof depth === "number" ? depth.toString() : depth;
+        if (depth === 1) newValue = undefined; // maintain existing behaviour
+        if (newValue === existingValue) return;
+
+        await attributes.setLabel(noteId, "expanded", newValue);
+        triggerCommand("refreshNoteList", { noteId });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/style.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/style.css
index f47c6d662..290d1b30e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/style.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/style.css
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ body[dir=rtl] .attribute-list-editor {
     display: flex;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
     gap: 15px;
-    overflow: hidden;
+    overflow: visible;
     align-items: center;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/lib/attribute_names.ts b/packages/commons/src/lib/attribute_names.ts
index e186cf88a..767f05872 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/lib/attribute_names.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/lib/attribute_names.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Labels = {
     status: string;
     pageSize: number;
     geolocation: string;
-    expanded: boolean;
+    expanded: string;
     "calendar:hideWeekends": boolean;
     "calendar:weekNumbers": boolean;
     "calendar:view": string;