how to keep categories unfolded on sidebox?

this works.... thanks... works great

I changed the codes as you specified, but seem to have a small problem. Each set of subcategories is further to the right, like so:

Master Category 1
...Subcategory 1
...Subcategory 2
Master Category 2
......Subcategory 1
......Subcategory 2
Master Category 3
.........Subcategory 1
.........Subcategory 2

(The ... have been manually inserted because when I just added spaces here, they didn't show up and everything was left-aligned into one long column.)

Also I noticed that the Master Categories with subcategories are bolded, but the Master Categories that don't have subcategories are not bolded. How can I make all the Master Categories bolded...and get rid of those extra spaces in the subcategory listings?

Thanks!

Oh...I'm using v1.5.3.

Well, I half-solved the problem. I replaced your code with ch_categories (no offense) and the extra-spaces problem disappeared. But something even stranger is going on now. When "Categories - Always Show on Main Page" is turned OFF, I lose the bottom half of the index page. Just the index page. The other pages seem to be fine. But when "Categories - Always Show on Main Page" is turned ON, the bottom half of the index page reappears!! What could be causing this?