Repository Operations

Move opens the Move Item dialog, allowing you to move the item (or items) to any accessible folder.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item (or items)

2. Click Move

3. In the popup dialog, select the destination folder from the available list

4. Click on the Move to Folder button

Copy opens the Copy Item dialog, allowing you to make a copy of the item (or items) in another folder.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item (or items)

2. Click Copy

3. In the popup dialog, select the destination folder from the available list

4. Click on the Copy to Folder button

Copy URL copies the URL of the item to the clipboard.

Open Folder navigates into the selected folder.

View Images opens the selected item (or items) in the Viewer.

Properties displays the Properties Dialog for the selected item (or items).

Retry Type Detection attempts to force the system to detect this attachment as an image again. This can be useful if an image uploaded completely, but for whatever reason is not being recognized by PathcoreScholar as an image. If this still does not work you may need to contact Pathcore Support.

Rename allows you to change the name of the item. While all entries in the Repository have names, names do not have to be unique because each entry has a unique ID, see Names and IDs.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item

2. Click Rename

3. In the popup dialog, type a new name for the item

4. Click on the Rename button or press the Enter key to save. To discard your changes, click on the Cancel button or press the Escape key

Share opens the Share Links dialog, which allows you to add and manage share links for the item.

See Managing Share Links for more details.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item

2. Click Share

3. The popup dialog allows you to add and manage share links

An item can be marked as "read" (name in plain text) or "unread" (name in bold) depending on whether or not you have previously viewed it.

See Read Status for more details.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item (or items)

2. Click Mark as Read to enable the read status, or

3. Click Mark as Unread to clear the read status

Favorite tags the item (or items) as Starred. Items tagged this way are quickly and easily accessible from the Starred Items List. Unfavorite removes this tag.

See Favorite Status for more details.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item (or items)

2. Click Favorite to add the Starred tag, or

3. Click Unfavorite to remove the tag

Download opens the Download dialog, allowing you to save items and metadata locally.

See Downloading for more details.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item (or items)

2. Click Download

3. In the popup dialog, select what you would like to download (files and/or metadata)

4. Click on the Download button

Delete allows you to remove the item and all of its contents (in the case of a folder) from the Repository.

1. Bring up the context menu for the item (or items)

2. Click Delete

3. Click on the Yes button to confirm if you are sure you wish to remove the item. To cancel the delete action, click on the Cancel button or press the Escape key

1. Navigate to any folder in the Repository (click on the Repository button from the Navigation Menu then navigate to a folder)

2. Click on an item from the file listing

3. While holding the Ctrl key (on Windows) or ⌘ / Command key (on macOS) select another file

4. Repeat step 3 as necessary

1. Navigate to any folder in the Repository (click on the Repository button from the Navigation Menu then navigate to a folder)

2. Click on the first item in the range from the file listing

3. While holding the Shift key, select the last file in the range

1. Click on the Starred button in the TAGS section of the Navigation Menu

1. Navigate to any folder in the Repository (click on the Repository button from the Navigation Menu then navigate to a folder)

2. Toggle the button next to the item to indicate the status

In some cases, the Properties dialog will show differing values for the total size, the size on disk, and the amount that would be recovered by deleting the selected item(s). This is because when entries in the Repository are copied, the underlying files are not duplicated (i.e., copies are linked to the same underlying file) and thus do not consume additional storage.

• The size listed in the dialog represents the total size of the items (e.g., how much storage you would need on your local computer to download these items)

• The space consumed on disk takes into account any copies (i.e., it only counts duplicates once)

• The storage space recovered by deleting the selection also takes into account other copies of the items elsewhere in the Repository (e.g., deleting one copy of an item which still exists in another folder does not delete the underlying file)

The following options are available when downloading:

• Files: Toggle to include the selected files and folders

• Metadata: Toggle to include metadata about the selected files and folders. You can further customize the additional metadata to include:

  • Annotations: Toggle to include your private annotations as well as shared annotations by others
  • Snapshot Coordinates: Toggle to include snapshot coordinates and properties
  • Fields: Toggle to include system metadata fields
  • Tags: Toggle to include tags you have assigned to the items
  • Overlays: Toggle to include overlay images added to images in the selected items

• Download as JSON / Download as CSV: choose the file format of the selected metadata. These options can only be selected if metadata is included in the download

• .tar: This dropdown menu lets you select the archive format when more than one item and/or metadata are included

  The .tar.gz and .zip archive formats are not available by default in this release. If you require these formats, you may need to contact Pathcore Support.
  
  
  .tar archives are natively supported by Microsoft Windows 11, macOS, and all major Linux distributions. For users running Windows 10 or prior, we recommend a third-party archive manager such as [7-Zip](https://www.7-zip.org/).

When the selection contains a single item, such as an image file, attachment, or report, the file itself will be downloaded. In other cases, such as for a single saved Figure item, the download will trigger an export and preview window. When there are multiple items or a folder selected, a downloadable archive will be generated in the chosen format with the option to include metadata.