diff --git a/src/features/project-tree/HeaderActions.tsx b/src/features/project-tree/HeaderActions.tsx
index c629caa8f..29ee809ec 100644
--- a/src/features/project-tree/HeaderActions.tsx
+++ b/src/features/project-tree/HeaderActions.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const OPTION_LABELS: Array<[keyof ViewOptions, string]> = [
   ["autoscrollToSource", "Autoscroll to Source"],
   ["autoscrollFromSource", "Autoscroll from Source"],
   ["singleClickOpen", "Open Files with Single Click"],
+  ["singleClickExpand", "Expand Directories with Single Click"],
   ["previewTab", "Enable Preview Tab"],
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.test.tsx b/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.test.tsx
index 2770da916..476a83a28 100644
--- a/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.test.tsx
@@ -109,6 +109,38 @@ describe("ProjectView", () => {
     act(() => setViewOption("previewTab", false));
   });
 
+  it("expands and collapses folders on single click only when enabled", async () => {
+    const { row, rows } = setup();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rows()).toContain("README.md"));
+    const src = () => row("src").querySelector("[data-project-path]")!;
+    const click = (detail = 1, init: MouseEventInit = {}) => {
+      fireEvent.mouseDown(row("src"), { detail, ...init });
+      fireEvent.click(src(), { detail, ...init });
+    };
+    click();
+    expect(rows()).not.toContain("App.kt");
+
+    act(() => setViewOption("singleClickExpand", true));
+    click();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rows()).toContain("App.kt"));
+    click();
+    expect(rows()).not.toContain("App.kt");
+
+    // A double click toggles once: the second click and the dblclick are ignored.
+    click(1);
+    click(2);
+    fireEvent.doubleClick(src());
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rows()).toContain("App.kt"));
+
+    // Modifier clicks only change the selection.
+    fireEvent.mouseDown(row("README.md"));
+    click(1, { metaKey: true });
+    expect(useProjectTree.getState().selected).toEqual(new Set(["/w/acme/README.md", "/w/acme/src"]));
+    click(1, { shiftKey: true });
+    expect(rows()).toContain("App.kt");
+    act(() => setViewOption("singleClickExpand", false));
+  });
+
   it("cancels a new file when its name field loses focus", async () => {
     const { rows } = setup();
     await waitFor(() => expect(rows()).toContain("README.md"));
diff --git a/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.tsx b/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.tsx
index 04cca9510..9c48f5d36 100644
--- a/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.tsx
+++ b/src/features/project-tree/ProjectView.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import {
   selectModel,
   setDropTarget,
   setExpanded,
+  toggleExpanded,
   setSelection,
   useProjectTree,
   type Editing,
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ interface RowProps {
   detail: string | null;
   onEditDone: () => void;
   onClick: (node: ProjectNode, e: ReactMouseEvent) => void;
+  onDoubleClick: (node: ProjectNode, e: ReactMouseEvent) => void;
   onPointerDown: (node: ProjectNode, e: ReactPointerEvent) => void;
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ const Row = memo(function Row({
   detail,
   onEditDone,
   onClick,
+  onDoubleClick,
   onPointerDown,
 }: RowProps) {
   const deco = useFileDecoration(node.path);
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ const Row = memo(function Row({
       data-dir={node.dir || undefined}
       title={deco.tooltip}
       onClick={(e) => onClick(node, e)}
+      onDoubleClick={(e) => onDoubleClick(node, e)}
       onPointerDown={(e) => onPointerDown(node, e)}
     >
       <Icon name={icon} size={16} className={clsx(styles.icon, node.dir && styles.folderIcon, dimIcon && styles.faded)} />
@@ -408,17 +412,30 @@ export function ProjectView() {
 
   const focusTree = useCallback(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => handle.current?.focus()), []);
 
+  // A pointer drag that ends on the row it started from still clicks it.
+  const dragged = useRef(false);
+
   const onRowClick = useCallback((node: ProjectNode, e: ReactMouseEvent) => {
     if (e.button !== 0 || e.shiftKey || e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || e.detail > 1) return;
-    if (node.dir || node.placeholder) return;
+    if (node.placeholder || dragged.current) return;
     const { options: o, editing: ed } = useProjectTree.getState();
     if (ed) return;
+    if (node.dir) {
+      if (o.singleClickExpand) toggleExpanded(node);
+      return;
+    }
     if (o.singleClickOpen) void openFile(node.path, { focus: false });
     else if (o.previewTab) void openFile(node.path, { preview: true, focus: false });
   }, []);
 
   // Pointer-driven drag & drop (HTML5 DnD is unreliable inside the Tauri webview).
+  // The single click already toggled the folder; double-click must not toggle it back.
+  const onRowDoubleClick = useCallback((node: ProjectNode, e: ReactMouseEvent) => {
+    if (node.dir && !node.placeholder && useProjectTree.getState().options.singleClickExpand) e.stopPropagation();
+  }, []);
+
   const onRowPointerDown = useCallback((node: ProjectNode, e: ReactPointerEvent) => {
+    if (e.button === 0) dragged.current = false;
     if (e.button !== 0 || node.root || node.placeholder || node.readOnly || useProjectTree.getState().editing) return;
     const before = useProjectTree.getState().selected;
     const lead = useProjectTree.getState().lead;
@@ -430,6 +447,7 @@ export function ProjectView() {
       if (!active) {
         if (Math.hypot(ev.clientX - startX, ev.clientY - startY) < DRAG_THRESHOLD) return;
         active = true;
+        dragged.current = true;
         const m = selectModel(useProjectTree.getState());
         const keys = before.has(node.key) ? [...before] : [node.key];
         if (before.has(node.key)) setSelection(before, lead);
@@ -577,10 +595,11 @@ export function ProjectView() {
         detail={node.root && !node.icon ? rootDetail : (node.detail ?? null)}
         onEditDone={focusTree}
         onClick={onRowClick}
+        onDoubleClick={onRowDoubleClick}
         onPointerDown={onRowPointerDown}
       />
     ),
-    [editing, cutPaths, dropTarget, rootDetail, focusTree, onRowClick, onRowPointerDown],
+    [editing, cutPaths, dropTarget, rootDetail, focusTree, onRowClick, onRowDoubleClick, onRowPointerDown],
   );
 
   if (!root) return null;
diff --git a/src/features/project-tree/actions.ts b/src/features/project-tree/actions.ts
index ed85f9218..68b2a1e08 100644
--- a/src/features/project-tree/actions.ts
+++ b/src/features/project-tree/actions.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export function registerProjectActions(): () => void {
     title: `Project View: ${label}`,
     category: "View",
     keywords: ["project", "tree", "toggle"],
+    toggled: () => useProjectTree.getState().options[key],
     run: () => setViewOption(key, !useProjectTree.getState().options[key]),
   }));
 
diff --git a/src/features/project-tree/store.test.ts b/src/features/project-tree/store.test.ts
index e03560afa..6c2fd5d77 100644
--- a/src/features/project-tree/store.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/project-tree/store.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import {
   revealPath,
   setExpanded,
   setSelection,
+  setViewOption,
+  toggleExpanded,
   useProjectTree,
 } from "./store";
 import { beginNew, commitEditing, copySelection, paste, transfer } from "./operations";
@@ -173,3 +175,27 @@ describe("file operations", () => {
     expect(fs.nodes.has("/p/docs/guide.md")).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe("single-click expansion", () => {
+  it("toggles a folder, opening every folder of a compacted chain", async () => {
+    await loadDir(ROOT);
+    await loadDir("/p/src");
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(childLabels(ROOT)).toContain("src/main/kotlin"));
+    const chain = currentModel().byKey.get("/p/src")!;
+    toggleExpanded(chain);
+    expect([...useProjectTree.getState().expanded]).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(["/p/src", "/p/src/main", "/p/src/main/kotlin"]),
+    );
+    toggleExpanded(chain);
+    expect(useProjectTree.getState().expanded.has("/p/src")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is off by default and its option persists across reloads", async () => {
+    expect(useProjectTree.getState().options.singleClickExpand).toBe(false);
+    setViewOption("singleClickExpand", true);
+    vi.resetModules();
+    const fresh = await import("./store");
+    expect(fresh.useProjectTree.getState().options.singleClickExpand).toBe(true);
+    setViewOption("singleClickExpand", false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/project-tree/store.ts b/src/features/project-tree/store.ts
index d4322905b..95a9dc265 100644
--- a/src/features/project-tree/store.ts
+++ b/src/features/project-tree/store.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   planRefresh,
   visibleEntries,
   type Placeholder,
+  type ProjectNode,
   type TreeModel,
   type TreeOptions,
 } from "./model";
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export interface ViewOptions extends TreeOptions {
   autoscrollToSource: boolean;
   /** Single click opens files (as regular tabs). */
   singleClickOpen: boolean;
+  /** Single click on a folder row expands / collapses it. */
+  singleClickExpand: boolean;
   /** Single click shows files in the preview tab (IDEA's "Enable Preview Tab"). */
   previewTab: boolean;
 }
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_VIEW_OPTIONS: ViewOptions = {
   autoscrollFromSource: false,
   autoscrollToSource: false,
   singleClickOpen: false,
+  singleClickExpand: false,
   // IDEA's "Enable Preview Tab" is off by default.
   previewTab: false,
 };
@@ -297,6 +301,17 @@ export function setExpanded(expanded: ReadonlySet<string>) {
   persistExpanded();
 }
 
+/** Expands or collapses a folder node; expanding a compacted chain opens every folder in it. */
+export function toggleExpanded(node: Pick<ProjectNode, "key" | "chain">) {
+  const next = new Set(get().expanded);
+  if (next.has(node.key)) next.delete(node.key);
+  else {
+    next.add(node.key);
+    for (const p of node.chain) next.add(keyLike(node.key, p));
+  }
+  setExpanded(next);
+}
+
 export function setSelection(selected: ReadonlySet<string>, lead: string | null) {
   set({ selected, lead });
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index 66271df8e..f1152e488 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -3649,5 +3649,12 @@
   "Process literals": "处理字面量",
   "Process comments": "处理注释",
   "Distraction Free Mode": "无干扰模式",
-  "Exit Distraction Free Mode": "退出无干扰模式"
+  "Exit Distraction Free Mode": "退出无干扰模式",
+  "Show Hidden Files": "显示隐藏文件",
+  "Show Excluded Files": "显示已排除的文件",
+  "Compact Middle Packages": "压缩中间软件包",
+  "Sort Folders First": "文件夹排在前面",
+  "Open Files with Single Click": "单击打开文件",
+  "Expand Directories with Single Click": "单击展开目录",
+  "Enable Preview Tab": "启用预览标签页"
 }