Hi Marcus and Scott AHA!
If I start by setting the cursor at the beginning of the Section head, and select text until the end of the section, the section is preserved in the Branch. And the section is kept after I dissolve the Branch. However, if I start by setting the cursor at the end of the previous line, and select text until the end of the section, the section disappears/is flattened out. And even if I insert the section manually, it disappears upon dissolving the Branch. -- Hm... When I *copy* text sections, my experience is that I need to put the cursor at the end of the previous line and then select text as far as I want - in order to preserve the section heading (maybe that was only necessary in the past). If I do that, the section heading is preserved. But that also happens if I put the cursor at the beginning of the section (did that work in previous version of LyX, like 2.3?). In any way, I think it is a little inconsistent compared to copying text that the section heading disappears when I start by putting the cursor at the end of the previous line. But now it seems like Marcus have found the way to do it. So now it works. (Although I think it would be safer for the user if one could alternatively put the cursor at the end of the previous line before selecting the expanse of the text to include - in line with copying the text). -B From: lyx-users <lyx-users-boun...@lists.lyx.org> On Behalf Of mkriele--- via lyx-users Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2025 12:07 PM To: Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org>; Bernt Lie via lyx-users <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: LyX: making sections conditional? Hi Scott an Bernt >> NOTE: I have not checked what happens if... >> - there are sections and subsections, etc. in the selected chapter >> - what happes if there are theorem-like units, program listing, lists, etc. >> - if there are remarks, etc. >> >> If all of the above is "flattended" out, that would be a "major" downside to >> using Branching to me. > > Good point. I don't know. I never noticed this behavior and just tested it (attached: plain article, with sections and subsections, and standard theorem module): The structure remains intact. However, within the deactivated Branch the numbering may change (starting with 1, for instance). If you activate the branch again the correct numbering is restored. > >> I notice that if I have a Branch and right-click and choose "Dissolve >> inset", that also removes section assignment, etc., which again is a major >> downside: if I finally am happy with the text I have in the Branch inset, I >> want to be able to take the text "out" of the Branch without ruining the >> strucgture. Thus, I think it would be much better if all these structural >> elements are kept when "dissolve inset". > > Agreed. This also does not happen for me. I use "dissolve inset" often and tested it today again with a branch that contains a section and a subsection. Both the section and the subsection headings remained section and subsection headings. I tested with LyX 2.4.4 on macOS Regards, Marcus -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org<mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> https://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
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