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Using the structure view

Owned by Matt Lynch
Last updated: 16 Aug 2024
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The structure view provides an outline of the provisions or amendments in your document.  Within provisions or amendments, you can drill-down to lower level provisions including provisions within quoted structures.

The structure view also shows the lock status of individual provisions and amendments.

By clicking or right-clicking on an item in the structure view you can perform a variety of actions.

Controlling what you can see in the structure view

A - Toggle between limited and full-depth structure view

Click on this to toggle between the two views:

  • Single arrow - limited depth where only individual sections/regulations/articles etc. are shown together with grouping levels such as Parts and Chapters. Schedules and the grouping levels within them are also shown.

  • Double arrow - full depth where every provision can be viewed including subsections and paragraphs and provisions within quoted structures.

B - Turn the structure view on and off

Clicking on this switch will turn off the structure view entirely (it can be turned back on any time). Switching off the structure should improve performance of the Editor when working with large documents.

C - Reset structure view

Click on the reset button at the top of the structure view to reset the levels that are shown.

  • For a Bill or SI, this means the structure view will show the same levels that are visible in the table of contents, e.g. Parts, Chapters, cross-headings, sections/regulations, schedules.

  • For an amendment list, it will show an entry for each amendment.

D - Toggle provision

Click on the arrow to the left of any provision to show or hide the child provisions within that provision, e..g to show the subsections within a section. What is visible will depend on whether the limited or full-depth structure view is showing.

E - Change width of structure view

You can drag this handle to increase or reduce the width of the structure view.

Clicking on the handle will minimise the structure view (not that minimising it doesn’t switch it off). Clicking on it again will expand it to its default width.

Using the structure view to navigate around your document

Clicking on any provision in the structure view will make the Editor jump to that provision and select it.

If you select a higher-level provision it will automatically select all its descendants

 

The provision containing your cursor in the Editor will be highlighted with black text

Selecting more than one provision

To select one or more provisions using the structure view hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on the provisions you want to select one by one.

The selected provisions will be highlighted in the structure view to show that they have been selected. 

You can only select provisions which are next to one another and of the same kind.

Locking and the structure view

The structure view shows information about the lock status of individual provisions and amendments

  • If another user is editing the same document as you, a black padlock will appear against the provision(s) they are working on, signalling that the provisions are locked and you cannot edit them. Hovering the mouse over the padlock icons will reveal a tool tip explaining who has the lock and since when.

  • If you are editing the document, a pencil icon will appear against the provision(s) you have edited to indicate that you are editing them and have a lock on them.

  • When you insert a new provision such as a section or regulation, an asterisk appears against it.

Right-click actions from the structure view

You can right click on a provision in the structure view to:

Moving provisions or amendments using the structure view

see Moving provisions, tables and amendments within a document

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