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If a mod has dependencies, I would like them to automatically be activated when I activate the mod itself.

For example, the Sea Block Pack mod has about 20 dependencies, which means I then spend time find each dependency and activating it.
If the dependencies themselves also have dependencies, it is quite tedious to activate all of this.

A related suggestion would be auto-installing AND auto-activating the dependencies if they are not yet installed.

(If this is already a thing, it's not noted anywhere on the mod screen, which should still be done so nobody else spends that time.)

I think it will auto download dependencies as I’ve ended up with a few mods in my list that I don’t remember downloading and, upon further investigating, found them to be required dependencies of some of the other mods I’m using. Course, I could’ve just downloaded them a long time ago and simply don’t remember....

That said, I did want to add support for this with a clarification... I’d be in support of this for required dependencies only, not optional.