Part 3 · Tree Editor Basics

The item context menu

Right-click any item — or click its ⋯ button — for every action that applies to it. The menu is the map of what you can do to an item; this page is the legend.

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Everything you can do to an item

The menu is the same from the right mouse button and from the button. Entries with a shortcut show it on the right.

Everything you can do to an item. Numbered callouts: 1 Open/Create Child Tree, 2 Add, 3 Arrange, 4 Duplicate Item and Children, 5 Formatting…, 6 Open Link, 7 Export Item and Children…, 8 Delete Item.
  1. Open/Create Child TreeCtrl+: moves into the item's children, creating the first one if there are none.
  2. Add — a submenu: New Text Item Below (Ctrl+Enter), Picture from File… (Ctrl+Shift+I), Capture Region (Ctrl+Shift+C) and Capture Full Screen.
  3. Arrange — Move Up/Down, Indent, Outdent, Merge — see Arranging items.
  4. Duplicate Item and ChildrenCtrl+D.
  5. Formatting… — opens the formatting panel with this item's custom formatting selected (Part 5).
  6. Open Link — opens the item's web address, file or folder; only enabled when the text is a link.
  7. Export Item and Children… — exports this branch on its own (Part 6).
  8. Delete ItemCtrl+Delete; reads Delete Item and Children… when the item has children.