diff --git a/gramps/gui/editors/displaytabs/citationembedlist.py b/gramps/gui/editors/displaytabs/citationembedlist.py
index 10a8c31a2..8380a878f 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/editors/displaytabs/citationembedlist.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/editors/displaytabs/citationembedlist.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class CitationEmbedList(EmbeddedList, DbGUIElement):
     def share_button_clicked(self, obj):
         SelectCitation = SelectorFactory('Citation')
 
-        sel = SelectCitation(self.dbstate, self.uistate, self.track)
+        sel = SelectCitation(self.dbstate, self.uistate, self.track, expand=False)
         object = sel.run()
         LOG.debug("selected object: %s" % object)
         # the object returned should either be a Source or a Citation
diff --git a/gramps/gui/selectors/baseselector.py b/gramps/gui/selectors/baseselector.py
index 59014af40..a622a8fc9 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/selectors/baseselector.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/selectors/baseselector.py
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ class BaseSelector(ManagedWindow):
     IMAGE  =  2
 
     def __init__(self, dbstate, uistate, track=[], filter=None, skip=set(),
-                 show_search_bar = True, default=None):
+                 show_search_bar = True, default=None, expand=True):
         """Set up the dialog with the dbstate and uistate, track of parent
             windows for ManagedWindow, initial filter for the model, skip with
             set of handles to skip in the view, and search_bar to show the
             SearchBar at the top or not.
         """
         self.filter = (2, filter, False)
+        self.expand = expand
 
         # Set window title, some selectors may set self.title in their __init__
         if not hasattr(self, 'title'):
@@ -288,8 +289,9 @@ class BaseSelector(ManagedWindow):
 
         self.setupcols = False
 
-        if not (self.model.get_flags() & Gtk.TreeModelFlags.LIST_ONLY):
-            self.tree.expand_all()
+        if self.expand:
+            if not (self.model.get_flags() & Gtk.TreeModelFlags.LIST_ONLY):
+                self.tree.expand_all()
 
     def column_clicked(self, obj, data):
         if self.sort_col != data: