Introduction
The structure view provides an alternative way of viewing provisions or amendments in your document and performing various actions. The structure view will allow users to drill-down to the lowest level provisions from the highest level in the document including sub-sub-paragraphs as well as all provisions within quoted structures.
How to change from depth-limited view to full structure view
Click on the single down arrow to enable full structure view
Click on the double down arrow to enable limited structure view
How to turn on/off the structure view
Click on the toggle switch to turn on/off the structure view
How to show/hide structure view
How to show the structure view – click on the right facing arrow on the left-hand side of the Editor view
How to hide the structure view – click on the left facing arrow on the right-hand side of the structure view
How to reset the structure view to default levels
Click on the ‘reset’ button at the top of the structure view
The system will collapse/expand all elements to the default level depending on document type
Bills/SIs/SSIs = Table of Contents level
Amendment lists = Amendment number/instruction level
How to change the width of the structure view
Hover your mouse cursor over the right-hand side of the Structure View box until the double headed arrow appears
Hold down the left button on your mouse to move the structure view in or out to increase/decrease the overall width
Hints and tips
The default structure view is set to “depth limited view” which drills down as far as:
For Bills – section level
For SI/SSIs – regulation/article/rule level
For Amendments – amendment instruction level
If you are experiencing performance issues with a larger bill, it can helpful to turn off the structure view and only open it if you need to do some structure manipulation
Hiding the structure view does not turn it off, you will need to use the on/off toggle at the top of the structure view.
You can also use the structure view to move provisions around – see Moving provisions or amendments (using the structure view)
Black text indicates where the cursor is currently located in the Editor view
To select one or more provisions using the structure view to perform certain actions (e.g. renumber, delete or wrap) use the keyboard shortcut ‘Ctrl + mouse click’). The selected provisions will be highlighted in the structure view to show that they have been selected.
You can only select contiguous, sibling provisions
If you select a higher-level provision it will automatically select all its descendants
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 they are locked and you cannot edit them.
If you are editing the document, the provision(s) that you are updating will display grey pencil icons to indicate that you have them locked for editing.
Newly inserted provisions will be shown with a grey asterisk.
Hovering the mouse cursor over these lock icons will reveal a tool tip explaining who has the lock and since when.
Clicking on a provision in the structure view will jump to that provision in the Editor, highlighting it in the Editor view, including all its descendent provisions e.g. if you select a section that contains subsections and paragraphs, they will all be highlighted in the Editor when you click on the section in the structure view.