Part 3 · Tree Editor Basics

Duplicate, merge, delete

Ctrl+D copies an item with everything under it. Ctrl+Insert folds an item's children into the item above. Ctrl+Delete removes an item — and asks first when children would go with it.

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

Duplicate an item and its children

Select an item and press Ctrl+D (or choose Duplicate Item and Children from its menu). The copy appears at the end of the column with the same text and a full copy of everything underneath.

Duplicate an item and its children. Numbered callouts: 1 Original, 2 Copy.
  1. Original — unchanged.
  2. Copy — same text, same children. Rename it or move it with the Arrange commands.

Delete asks when children are involved

Ctrl+Delete removes a leaf immediately. If the item has children, Treetor shows how many and asks first — there is no undo in the editor.

Delete asks when children are involved. Numbered callouts: 1 OK, 2 Cancel.
  1. OK — deletes the item and every item underneath it.
  2. Cancel — keeps everything.

Merge into the item above

Ctrl+Insert (or Arrange › Merge into Item Above) moves this item's children to the end of the item above it, then removes the now-empty item. Use it to collapse an accidental extra level: the children survive, only the wrapper goes.