Drag and Drop support

Important: Always exercise caution when moving content in the Outline Editor.

To move content: Select the desired elements and drag them to the desired location. Note that all child elements and attributes of the element also move with it.

To copy content with drag and drop: Select the desired elements, then press the Ctrl key on your keyboard while dragging them to the desired location . The cursor appears as follows when copying during drag and drop:

Validation exists for drag and drop functionality. If multiple elements being moved or copied are being inserted into an invalid location (according to the schema), a message is displayed indicating the number of invalid elements elements being inserted. This also provides the ability to cancel or continue.

When dragging one or more elements within the Outline Editor, a valid insertion location is indicated with the following cursor: An invalid location is indicated by the cursor appearing as follows:

You can cancel the drag and drop operation without moving any elements by pressing the ESC key during the drag.

Note:

  • Before releasing the mouse button, watch closely for the dotted lines which indicate the level where your content will be placed. Be careful not to move your content underneath the wrong element.
  • Note that you cannot drop on/from a read-only node.
  • Multiple nodes can be dragged simultaneously after selecting them using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click.