Cut, Copy and Paste

Cutting an Entry

Use Cut to remove an entry from the directory and keep a copy of it on the clipboard. The entry can be pasted from the clipboard into the directory in another location.

You must have write permission for the entry you want to cut. See "Logging In" for information.

1. In the browser, click on the entry you want to cut.

2. Click on the Cut icon, or select Cut from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl-x on the keyboard.

   The entry is cut from the directory to the clipboard.

3. You can now paste the entry to a new directory position.

4. If you want to restore the entry to the directory, select Restore from the Edit menu.

   The entry is restored to its original position in the directory if possible. If the parent entry no longer exists, or has been renamed, the paste is not possible and an error message is displayed.

Copying an Entry

Use Copy to copy an existing entry from the directory into the clipboard. The entry can then be pasted from the clipboard into the directory in another location.

1. In the browser, click on the entry you want to copy to select it.

2. Click on the Copy icon, or select Copy from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl-c on the keyboard.

   The entry is copied from the directory to the clipboard.

3. You can now paste the entry to a new directory position.

Pasting an Entry

After a Cut or Copy operation, use Paste to paste an entry from the clipboard into the directory. You can paste as a child or as a sibling of the selected entry. You must have write permission to paste an entry into the directory. See "Logging In" for information.

After a cut or a copy operation, click on the Paste icon, or select Paste from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl-v on the keyboard.

If you selected a new entry before pasting, the pasted entry appears as a child of the selected entry.

If you did not select a new entry before pasting, the pasted entry appears as the last sibling of the selected entry.

If an entry already exists with the same name as the pasted entry, the new entry is pasted with a number appended to its name.

Pasting an Entry to the Create Panel

After a Cut or Copy operation, you can choose to paste an entry directly to the Create panel. This speeds up the process of creating a number of new, but similar entries.

Pasting an entry to the Create panel works in one of two ways:

• The paste action removes information from the Create panel before pasting the entry

• The paste action does not clear data from the Create panel before pasting. This is useful when you want to create an entry that contains the combined characteristics of two or more entries.

The paste method is specified in the Deja.properties file on the directory server. By default, Deja does not clear data from the Create panel before pasting. See "Standard Create Parameters" for information on changing the default paste method.

1. After a cut or a copy operation, click on the Create icon, or select Create from the Entry menu.

2. Select Paste to Create Panel from the Edit menu.

   If you are in the first section of the Create panel, the entire entry is pasted into the panel, including the name and naming attribute.

   If you are in the Select Object Classes section of the Create Panel (you have already named and selected a naming attribute for the entry) only the object classes and attributes are pasted into the Create panel.

   If you are in the Attributes section of the Create panel (you have already named and selected a naming attribute for the entry, and have selected object classes for the entry) only the attributes are pasted into the Create panel.

   If you have selected a naming attribute and named your entry, and the pasted objectclasses do not contain the selected naming attribute, you get an error message. You must either change the naming attribute by going back to the first step, or select an object class that contains the pasted naming attribute.

3. Click Done when the entry is complete to add it to the directory.

Restoring an Entry

If you accidentally cut an entry from the directory, you can restore it, provided that you have not performed any subsequent cut or copy operations.

Select Restore from the Edit menu.

The entry on the clipboard is returned to its original location.