--- a/AbstractHierarchicalItem.st	Sat Feb 02 19:47:55 2019 +0100
+++ b/AbstractHierarchicalItem.st	Sun Feb 03 01:28:50 2019 +0100
@@ -364,6 +364,17 @@
     ].
 !
 
+expandWithoutUpdate
+    "in case expand is redefined to do any update 
+     (as in guiBrowser's applicationTreeItem),
+     this can be used to expand without updating"
+     
+    self expand
+
+    "Created: / 02-02-2019 / 19:59:55 / Claus Gittinger"
+    "Modified (comment): / 03-02-2019 / 01:28:33 / Claus Gittinger"
+!
+
 labelPath
     "return my label-path as an ordered collection of individual labels"