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Basic content tree actions

Basic content tree actions

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Basic content tree actions

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This topic gives an overview of actions that can be performed with documents in the content tree. The actions can be executed either from the ribbon above the content tree or from a context menu displayed by right-clicking a document.

 

The ribbon offers the following actions:

 

NewDocument New - creates a new document under the currently selected one

Delete_Document Delete - deletes the currently selected document

Clone Copy - creates a copy of the currently selected document in a location specified in a pop-up dialog

Move Move - moves the currently selected document to a location specified in a pop-up dialog

Up Up - moves the currently selected document above the one which is above it at the same level

Down Down - moves the currently selected document below the one which is below it at the same level

RebuildIndex Refresh content tree - displayed only on mouse over of the content tree's top right corner; refreshes the content tree so that it shows the current content (useful e.g. for multi-user editing or when blog posts are published using MetaWeblog API)

 

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If you right-click a document in the content tree, a context menu appears. The menu offers the same actions as listed above, while the following extra options are available on top of the ones from the ribbon:

 

SortSubsection Sort subsection - sorts documents under the clicked one, while both ascending and descending order by date or alphabet is achievable

RebuildIndex Refresh subsection - refreshes the content tree subsection under the clicked document (useful e.g. for multi-user editing or when blog posts are published using MetaWeblog API)

WidgetClone Properties - opens the document's Properties -> General tab

 

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If you right-click some of the items in the context menu or hold the mouse pointer above it, a sub-menu with additional options appears:

 

NewDocument New - the sub-menu offers you the document type of the new document, while only allowed child document types are offered

Up Up - the sub-menu offers only the Top option, which moves the document to the first position in the current tree level

Down Down - the sub-menu offers only the Bottom action, which moves the document to the last position in the current tree level

SortSubsection Sort subsection - the sub-menu offers alphabetical sorting from A to Z and Z to A, and both ascending and descending sorting by date

WidgetClone Properties - the sub-menu offers shortcuts to open the document on particular sub-tabs of the Properties tab

 

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