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• You cannot drag a table cell element into a table element or move elements into a table element.
❖ In the Structure pane, do one of the following:
• To move an element, drag it to a new location within the structure. A line appears when you drag to indicate where
you are inserting the element. The width of the line marks the level within the hierarchy.
• To make an element a child of another element, either position it over the parent element to highlight it or place
it amongst the parent’s other child elements, and then release the mouse button.
• To demote an element by one level in the hierarchy, drag it just above another parent element and move it to the
left slightly until the line indicating its placement spans the width of the parent element.
• To copy or cut an element, select the element or elements in the Structure pane, and then choose Edit > Copy or
Edit > Cut. Select the element directly above where you want to insert the element, and choose Edit > Paste.
Note: When you cut an element, the element and contents are cut to the clipboard, but the frame remains intact.
See also
“Keys for working with XML” on page 642
Insert a parent element
Insert a parent element in the Structure pane to maintain the proper XML structure or organize content better.
Before you can insert a new parent element, you must select the elements that will be the children of the new parent.
When the new parent element is inserted, the selected child elements are demoted by one rank in the structural
hierarchy.
With child elements selected (left); a newly inserted parent element includes the child elements (right).
1 In the Structure pane, select the elements that will be child elements to the new parent element you want to insert.
Note the following:
• You can’t select the Root or a root-level element.
• The elements must be on the same level of the structural hierarchy.
• The elements must be contiguous.
• The selection must not include table cells or attributes.
2 On the Structure pane menu, choose New Parent Element, or Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac OS) and choose New Parent Element.
3 Select a tag for the new parent element and click OK.