Deleting provisions and other elements

You can delete whole provisions and other elements like tables if they are no longer required.

How to delete a provision

Select the provision (e.g. a paragraph) that you want to delete by:

Clicking on the provision in the breadcrumb, or
Clicking on the provision(s) in the structure view (multi-select provisions from the structure view using Ctrl+mouse click to select more than one provisions).

You can also select provisions by dragging the mouse over the provision(s) that you want to select but this method can be unreliable and you need to be careful to select the whole provision including any number or heading if using this method.

Once selected, press the Backspace key to delete the provision. The selected provision (and any descendent provisions) will be deleted, e.g., if you delete a subsection then any paragraphs within the subsection will also be deleted.

When you click on the provision either in the structure view or from the breadcrumb, it will highlight the provision in the Editor, including any descendent provisions, so that you can see exactly what will be removed before you press Backspace.

How to delete a table

Delete tables using the breadcrumb method only. Select the table element (to the left of the foreign element) in the breadcrumb and press Backspace to completely remove the table.

Hints and tips

You can undo and redo a delete by using the undo button or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+z and Ctrl+y respectively.

You can delete individual elements within a provision, e.g. a num or heading element, by clicking on the individual element in the breadcrumb (first place your cursor in the element in the Editor) and pressing Backspace. This will delete only the selected element but leave behind the rest of the provision. However, the exception to this rule are num elements in subsections and schedule sub-paragraphs. Lawmaker prevents the deletion of those.