Part 3 · Tree Editor Basics

Arranging items

Move an item up or down its column, push it one level deeper under the item above, or pull it back out to the parent level — from the Arrange menu or with Ctrl and Alt plus the arrow keys.

3 min read Verified on Treetor 0.1.22(current release 0.1.29)

The Arrange menu

Right-click an item (or click its button) and open Arrange. Every entry has a keyboard shortcut, shown beside it.

The Arrange menu. Numbered callouts: 1 Move Up, 2 Move Down, 3 Indent into Item Above, 4 Outdent to Parent Level, 5 Merge into Item Above.
  1. Move UpCtrl+. Swaps the item with the one above; children travel with it.
  2. Move DownCtrl+.
  3. Indent into Item AboveAlt+. The item becomes the last child of the item above it. If that item had no children, it becomes a branch — its dot turns teal.
  4. Outdent to Parent LevelAlt+. The item leaves its parent and becomes the last item in the parent's column.
  5. Merge into Item AboveCtrl+Insert. Folds this item's children into the item above, then removes the empty item. See Duplicate, merge, delete.