diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeLazyNode.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeLazyNode.java
index b9f4de5fbe..92e365f386 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeLazyNode.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeLazyNode.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import java.util.List;
  * Also, children of this node can be unloaded by calling {@link #unloadChildren()}.  This
  * can be used by nodes in large trees to save memory by unloading children that are no longer
  * in the current tree view (collapsed).  Of course, that decision would need to be balanced
- * against the extra time to reload the nodes in the event that a filter is applied.
+ * against the extra time to reload the nodes in the event that a filter is applied. Also, if
+ * some external event occurs that changes the set of children for a GTreeLazyNode, you can call
+ * {@link #reload()} to refresh the node's children.
  */
 public abstract class GTreeLazyNode extends GTreeNode {
 
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ public abstract class GTreeLazyNode extends GTreeNode {
 	/**
 	 * Sets this lazy node back to the "unloaded" state such that if
 	 * its children are accessed, it will reload its children as needed.
+	 * NOTE: This method does not trigger a call to {@link #fireNodeChanged(GTreeNode, GTreeNode)}
+	 * because doing will often trigger a call from the JTree will will immediately cause the node
+	 * to reload its children. If that is the effect you want, call {@link #reload()}.
 	 */
 	public void unloadChildren() {
 		if (isLoaded()) {
@@ -43,6 +48,19 @@ public abstract class GTreeLazyNode extends GTreeNode {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Tells this node that its children are stale and that it needs to regenerate them.  This will
+	 * unload any existing children and call {@link #fireNodeStructureChanged(GTreeNode)} which will
+	 * inform the JTree that this node has changed and when the JTree queries this node for its children,
+	 * the {@link #generateChildren()}  will get called to populate the node.
+	 */
+	public void reload() {
+		if (isLoaded()) {
+			unloadChildren();
+			fireNodeStructureChanged(this);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void addNode(GTreeNode node) {
 		if (isLoaded()) {
@@ -66,9 +84,7 @@ public abstract class GTreeLazyNode extends GTreeNode {
 
 	@Override
 	public void removeAll() {
-		if (isLoaded()) {
-			unloadChildren();
-		}
+		reload();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNode.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNode.java
index fd94b35057..d41c7e3f17 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNode.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNode.java
@@ -441,6 +441,42 @@ public abstract class GTreeNode extends CoreGTreeNode implements Comparable<GTre
 		Swing.runNow(() -> doFireNodeChanged());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method for expanding (opening) this node in the tree.  If this node is not
+	 * currently attached to a visible tree, then this call does nothing
+	 */
+	public void expand() {
+		GTree tree = getTree();
+		if (tree != null) {
+			tree.expandPath(this);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method for collapsing (closing) this node in the tree.  If this node is not
+	 * currently attached to a visible tree, then this call does nothing
+	 */
+	public void collapse() {
+		GTree tree = getTree();
+		if (tree != null) {
+			tree.collapseAll(this);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method determining if this node is expanded in a tree.  If the node is not
+	 * currently attached to a visible tree, then this call returns false
+	 *
+	 * @return true if the node is expanded in a currently visible tree.
+	 */
+	public boolean isExpanded() {
+		GTree tree = getTree();
+		if (tree != null) {
+			return tree.isExpanded(this.getTreePath());
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	private GTreeNode[] getPathToRoot(GTreeNode node, int depth) {
 		GTreeNode[] returnNodes;
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeRestoreTreeStateTask.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeRestoreTreeStateTask.java
index 33df759d2e..294c362f95 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeRestoreTreeStateTask.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeRestoreTreeStateTask.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class GTreeRestoreTreeStateTask extends GTreeTask {
 			monitor.setMessage("Restoring tree selection state");
 			selectPathsInThisTask(state, monitor, true);
 
-			// this allows some tress to perform cleanup
+			// this allows some trees to perform cleanup
 			tree.expandedStateRestored(monitor);
 			tree.clearFilterRestoreState();
 		}
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test.slow/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeTest.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test.slow/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeTest.java
index 85e894ee6d..81f2dbcf79 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test.slow/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeTest.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test.slow/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeTest.java
@@ -187,6 +187,25 @@ public class GTreeTest extends AbstractDockingTest {
 		assertNull("Found a node in the tree that should have been filtered out", node2);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testExpandCollapseNode() {
+		GTreeNode node = findNodeInTree(NonLeafWithOneLevelOfChildrenNodeB.class.getSimpleName());
+		assertTrue(!node.isExpanded());
+
+		node.expand();
+		waitForTree();
+		assertTrue(node.isExpanded());
+
+		node.collapse();
+		waitForTree();
+		assertTrue(!node.isExpanded());
+
+		GTreeNode root = node.getRoot();
+		root.collapse();
+		assertTrue(!root.isExpanded());
+		assertTrue(gTree.getExpandedPaths().isEmpty());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testChangeFilterSettingsWithFilterTextInPlace() {
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNodeTest.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNodeTest.java
index 01f3b261aa..0d09fed43d 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNodeTest.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/test/java/docking/widgets/tree/GTreeNodeTest.java
@@ -25,10 +25,23 @@ import javax.swing.tree.TreePath;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import docking.test.AbstractDockingTest;
 import docking.widgets.tree.support.GTreeFilter;
+import ghidra.util.Swing;
 import ghidra.util.exception.CancelledException;
 import ghidra.util.task.TaskMonitor;
 
+/**
+ * Note: This test does not extend {@link AbstractDockingTest}.  Extending that class sets up
+ * {@link Swing#runNow(Runnable)} methods so that they actually run on the swing thread; otherwise
+ * they run on the calling thread.  Normally GTreeNode test would need that because the fire event
+ * calls normally check that the events are being sent on the swing thread.  In this file, all the
+ * tests use {@link TestNode} or {@link LazyTestNode} which override the event sending methods to
+ * instead put the events in a list so that the test can check that the correct events were generated.
+ * Since the methods that check for being on the swing thread are overridden, we can get away with
+ * not extending {@link AbstractDockingTest} and this allows the test to run about 100 times faster.
+ */
+
 public class GTreeNodeTest {
 	private List<TestEvent> events = new ArrayList<>();
 	private GTreeNode root;
@@ -385,11 +398,35 @@ public class GTreeNodeTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testLoadAllOnLazyTre() throws CancelledException {
-		GTreeNode node = new LazyGTestNode("test", 2);
+	public void testLoadAllOnLazyTree() throws CancelledException {
+		GTreeNode node = new LazyTestNode("test", 2);
 		assertEquals(13, node.loadAll(TaskMonitor.DUMMY));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testUnloadOnLazyNode() throws CancelledException {
+		GTreeLazyNode node = new LazyTestNode("test", 2);
+		node.loadAll(TaskMonitor.DUMMY);
+		assertTrue(node.isLoaded());
+
+		events.clear();
+		node.unloadChildren();
+		assertTrue(!node.isLoaded());
+		assertTrue(events.isEmpty());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReloadOnLazyNode() throws CancelledException {
+		GTreeLazyNode node = new LazyTestNode("test", 2);
+		node.loadAll(TaskMonitor.DUMMY);
+		assertTrue(node.isLoaded());
+
+		events.clear();
+		node.reload();
+		assertTrue(!node.isLoaded());
+		assertTrue(!events.isEmpty());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testStreamDepthFirst() {
 		List<GTreeNode> collect = root.stream(true).collect(Collectors.toList());
@@ -454,6 +491,33 @@ public class GTreeNodeTest {
 
 	}
 
+	private class LazyTestNode extends LazyGTestNode {
+
+		LazyTestNode(String name, int depth) {
+			super(name, depth);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void doFireNodeStructureChanged() {
+			events.add(new TestEvent(EventType.STRUCTURE_CHANGED, null, this, -1));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void doFireNodeChanged() {
+			events.add(new TestEvent(EventType.NODE_CHANGED, getParent(), this, -1));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void doFireNodeAdded(GTreeNode newNode) {
+			events.add(new TestEvent(EventType.NODE_ADDED, this, newNode, -1));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void doFireNodeRemoved(GTreeNode removedNode, int index) {
+			events.add(new TestEvent(EventType.NODE_REMOVED, this, removedNode, -1));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private class TestNode extends GTestNode {
 		TestNode(String name) {
 			super(name);
@@ -480,6 +544,7 @@ public class GTreeNodeTest {
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	enum EventType {
 		STRUCTURE_CHANGED, NODE_CHANGED, NODE_ADDED, NODE_REMOVED
 	}