diff -r 133e2ed6b9c5 -r f1006de05c54 branchitem.cpp
--- a/branchitem.cpp	Thu Sep 03 08:52:00 2009 +0000
+++ b/branchitem.cpp	Mon Sep 07 15:36:57 2009 +0000
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 {
 	//cout << "Constr. BranchItem\n";
 
+	// Set type if parent is known yet 
+	// if not, type is set in insertBranch or TreeItem::appendChild
 	if (parent==rootItem)
 		setType (MapCenter);
 	else
@@ -49,7 +51,13 @@
 	if (pos>branchCounter) pos=branchCounter;
     childItems.insert(pos+branchOffset,branch);
 	branch->parentItem=this;
+	branch->rootItem=rootItem;
 	branch->setModel (model);
+	if (parentItem==rootItem)
+		setType (MapCenter);
+	else
+		setType (Branch);
+
 
 	if (branchCounter==0)
 		branchOffset=childItems.count()-1;
@@ -425,7 +433,8 @@
 	{
 		newbo->setParObj( ((MapItem*)parentItem)->getLMO() );
 		// Set visibility depending on parents
-		if (((BranchItem*)parentItem)->scrolled || !((MapItem*)parentItem)->getLMO()->isVisibleObj() )
+		if (parentItem!=rootItem && 
+			( ((BranchItem*)parentItem)->scrolled || !((MapItem*)parentItem)->getLMO()->isVisibleObj() ) )
 			newbo->setVisibility (false);
 	}
 	newbo->setDefAttr(BranchObj::NewBranch);