Nodal Structure Linking
The nodal structure is available for nodes by selecting the nodal icon) from either the home page, the "nodal view" page, or from the node details screen. This icon is used to draw a graphical representation of the structure of nodal storage, starting from the selected node.
From the nodal graphic display, a graphical representation of the structure is displayed. On the left of the display, the users main nodes will be displayed, with children shown spreading to the right of the display. Each link between parent and child is shown with a connecting line on the display. Where a child is linked to a sibling , the connecting line is shown in yellow. This yellow link indicates that the siblings can share information (data and documents).
Within the nodal display, individual nodes can be moved to improve the display by selecting and dragging nodes around the display. Connection lines are re-drawn for the moved node units. Right hand clicking on a node with the mouse produces a sub-menu of different options including:
- Create new child node
- Delete the current node
- View the node properties
To change the node structure, a node can be moved and dropped onto the new parent node. When this happens, the selected parent node will be highlighted red. Once the moved node is dropped, a pop-up menu will appear with the following options:
- Change parent
- Make Sibling
- Cancel (does not effect the node structure)
Whilst the changed parent/child/sibling relationship will be saved, any node layout changes made by the user in this screen are not permanent. When the user next displays the GUI nodal view, any changes to the position of nodes (within the screen display) will not be remembered.
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