Moving Files & Folders
Drag and Drop to Move
Prerequisites
These instructions assume that you have you have the full access permissions to move the desired items.
To move items with drag & drop
Open your project in Trimble Connect for Browser.
Go to the Explorer page.
Select the file(s) or folder(s) you want to move:
Use the SHIFT key to select a group of consecutive files or folders
Use the checkbox to select a group of individual files or folders
Select a single item
Use the mouse or trackpad to press and hold anywhere on the selected group.
Drag and drop the group into a folder.
You can also drag the selection to a folder listed in the folder tree.
Quick Tip
Press the ESC key to cancel out of a move operation.
Use the “Move to…” Panel
If you don't like to drag and drop, you can use the Move to… panel to easily navigate to the folder where your selected items should be moved to.
Prerequisites
These instructions assume that you have you have the full access permissions to move the desired items.
To use the Move to… widget
Open your project in Trimble Connect for Browser.
Go to the Explorer page.
Select the file(s) or folder(s) you want to move:
Use the SHIFT key to select a group of consecutive files or folders
Use the checkbox to select a group of individual files or folders
Select a single item
Select Move to…
5. The Move to… panel will open.
6. Select a listed folder or use the arrow button to navigate to a nested folder.
7. Click Move here.
If there are no conflicts (ex. Moving files to a location which already contains other files with the same name), then you will see a confirmation message that the file(s) were moved successfully.
Tips for using the Move to… widget
The Move here button is disabled when you are in a folder that is the same as where your selection resides (since you cannot move an item to its current location).
Folders that you only have Read Only Access will be shown grayed out
Resolving Conflicts
Two files with the same name cannot live in the same folder. If you are trying to move a file to a new location in your folder structure that already contains another file with the same name, you will be asked if you wish to merge the files.
Moving the file to the new location will override the contents of the existing file and the revisions of both files will be merged.
The merge operation does not happen automatically. You will be presented with the choice to skip the files which have conflicts or merge & replace the files.
Example of Merged Files
In the example below, each file has 1 version.
Result: After the move operation, the file now has 3 versions (the 3rd version is the result of the move operation itself).
Known Issues & Limitations
Merging two folders is not supported. Folders existing with the same name in the destination folder will be skipped/not moved.
Moving a file or folder will create a new version.
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