Context menu

Objects

By right-clicking an object either in a panel or on the Document, Page, or Story view, you have access to a selection of the following options, depending on the object and in which view or panel you are right-clicking the object.

 

Context menu commands
Cut	Removes the current object and puts it on the clipboard.
Copy	Copies the current object to the clipboard.
Paste	Pastes a copy of the object on the clipboard based on current selection context.
Delete	Deletes the current object.
Rename	Enables renaming of the object.
Edit Script	Opens the Script dialog.
Grouping	When selecting a group, select Ungroup to ungroup the objects within the group. With one or more objects selected, select Group to create a group for the object(s). Select Edit Group Content to edit objects in a selected group individually.
Insert	Inserts e.g. a page or an object. For descriptions, see Insert menu.
Repeating	Select Repeat to insert a Repeater, or when a Repeater is selected, you can select Unrepeat to remove the Repeater.
New Story	In Stories panel, select to add a new Story.
Arrange	Bring to front – Brings the selected object to the front of overlapping objects. Send to back – Sends the selected object to the back of overlapping objects. Bring forward – Brings the selected object one step forward in the processing and layout order. Send backward – Sends the selected object one step backwards in the processing and layout order. Note: These options are valid for the current scope only. Consider the following example: – You have two objects in a group, – Another separate object on the same level as the group, overlapping the grouped objects Selecting an object in the group and selecting Bring to Front will only send the object to the front of the group, not on top of the separate object.
Embed Resource	Embeds an image or Fragment resource into the document.
Edit with External editor	Opens an editor application for editing an external fragment. If the fragment is a Design Center resource, Design Center controls the editor to use. For example, if the resource is a SSD file stored in the resource set, Design Center will open StoryTeller as the editor application. For stand-alone files, the application associated with the file type is started.
Edit Points	Switch to point editing mode. See Editing points.
Close Edit Points	Closes point editing mode.
Edit Fragment	For an embedded Fragment, this opens the Fragment and Fragment Story views and the Fragment Stories and Fragment Pages panels.
Close Edit Fragment	For an embedded Fragment, this closes the Fragment and Fragment Story views and the Fragment Stories and Fragment Pages panels.
Edit in Table View	Opens the Table View for a selected table
Close Table View	Closes the Table View.
Text	Add text – Adds text to the selected object. The object must be able to contain text, for example a rectangle. Link Story – Links a Story to the selected text object. Share Story – Shares a text entered in a text object as a Story. A Story will be listed in the Stories panel.
Bullets and numbering	See Format menu.
Add	Layer – Adds another Layer N to the chart. Axis X – Adds another Axis X N to the chart. Axis Y – Adds another Axis YN to the chart. Support Lines – Adds another Support lines N to the chart.
Remove	Remove Layer – Select the layer to remove. Axis X – Select the X-axis to remove. Axis Y – Select the Y-axis to remove. Support Lines – Select the set of support lines to remove.
Table	In addition to the options in the Table menu in the toolbar, you can set the following row types and occurrences on a row from the Context menu: Header – First Instance Only. The row is rendered above the body rows in the first instance of the table. Header – All but First Instance. The row is rendered above the body rows on all instances the table overflows to. That is, this row type does not exist in the first instance of the table. Header – All Instances. The row is rendered above the body rows in all instances the table overflows to. Body – The row type which can be repeated depending on input data and cause the table to overflow to another table instance. Body – First Instance Only. The row is rendered below any header rows and before any body rows in the first table instance. Body – Last Instance Only. The row is rendered below any body rows and before any footer rows in the last table instance. Footer – All Instances. The row is rendered below the body rows in all table instances. Footer – All but Last Instance. The row is rendered below the body rows in all table instances, except for the last one. Footer – Last Instance Only. The row is rendered as the bottom row in the last table instance. Note: Footer rows cannot grow with content in runtime. You can also set the row to be repeating, by selecting Repeating > Repeat. For the other table options, see Table menu. Note: The table must reside on its own paragraph for it to overflow. See Table properties.
Vertical Alignment	Top – Aligns the selected object vertically at the top of the bounding box, for example a text segment in a Text area. Center – Aligns the selected object vertically at the center of the bounding box, for example a text segment in a Text area. Bottom – Aligns the selected object vertically at the bottom of the bounding box, for example a text segment in a Text area.
Select Text	Selects all primary text content (characters and substitutions) in text area or Story.
Select Text with Objects	As Select Text but also selects text of embedded content objects (Switches and Repeaters).
Switch	Add Case – Opens the Key dialog where you specify the key to use with this Case. For example En (for English) where you have set the Switch to use the language field of the Message. Add Default Case – Adds a default Case whose Story or local content will be used for everything that is not matched with the other Cases. Make Case as Default – Sets the Case to be the default Case. Link Story – Opens the Select Story dialog where you select which Story to use for the Case. Share Story – Creates a Story of the local content in the Switch and links the Switch to this Story. Edit in Story View – Displays the Story view where you can edit the local contents of the selected Case. This is useful if you want to edit local content of a Case when another node has been selected as sample, or when you want to quickly select and edit story that current Case links to. Use Key as Sample – Sets the Story or local content used for this key to be displayed for the Switch in the Document/Page/Story view.
Occurrence	See Object properties.
Link	Opens the Select Page for Link dialog, see Select Page for Link dialog.