Even if selection in Bookmarks pane no longer includes children, "Delete but Retain Children" command won't be reenabled  SOLVED

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Even if selection in Bookmarks pane no longer includes children, "Delete but Retain Children" command won't be reenabled

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=== UPDATE ===================================================================
The issue reported below has been resolved in Ver 10.7.0 build 398.
I appreciate all the hard work and efforts of the support and development team.
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Hello all,

When you select bookmarks in the Bookmarks pane, the “Delete but Retain Children” command becomes disabled as soon as the selection includes bookmarks that have a parent-child relationship. However, even if you change the selection using Ctrl+Click or similar, and the selection no longer includes bookmarks with a parent-child relationship, the command that was once disabled will not become enabled again. Currently, to re-enable the “Delete but Retain Children” command, you must restart the bookmark selection process from the beginning.

Please refer to the following verification procedure for details. The corresponding timecode in the video is also included. ([MM:SS] "MM" shows minutes, and "SS" shows seconds.)

  1. [00:03] Please select one bookmark in the Bookmarks pane. In the video, “Parent” is selected. Verify that the “Delete but Retain Children” command is enabled in the Options menu.
    • [00:10] Hold down the Ctrl key and click the bookmark that is a child of the bookmark selected in Step 1 to add it to the selection. In the video, the bookmark “Child 1” is added to the selection. Verify that the “Delete but Retain Children” command is disabled in the Options menu.
      • [00:17] Use Ctrl+Click to deselect the child bookmark. In the video, the bookmark “Child 1” is deselected from the selection. Even though you have returned to the same selection as in Step 1, where no parent-child relationship exists, confirm that the “Delete but Retain Children” command is still disabled in the Options menu.
      Ideally, it might be more intuitive if the “Delete but Retain Children” command became re-enabled once the selected bookmarks no longer included parent-child bookmarks in Step 3.

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      Hoping that the above information will be of some help to you.
      Thank you so much for your continued support.

      Best regards,
      rakunavi

      - PDF-XChange Editor PRO Version: 10.6.1 build 397
      - OS Version: Windows 11 Pro / Home 24H2 Build 26100.4652
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      Re: Even if selection in Bookmarks pane no longer includes children, "Delete but Retain Children" command won't be reena

      Post by Dimitar - PDF-XChange »

      Hi rakunavi,

      Thank you for your detailed bug report.

      I have forwarded it to our developers for further investigation.

      I will keep you updated on the progress of resolving this issue.

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      Re: Even if selection in Bookmarks pane no longer includes children, "Delete but Retain Children" command won't be reena  SOLVED

      Post by Dimitar - PDF-XChange »

      Hi rakunavi,

      Our developers have just confirmed that the issue will be fixed in the next build.


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      Re: Even if selection in Bookmarks pane no longer includes children, "Delete but Retain Children" command won't be reena

      Post by rakunavi »

      Hello Dimitar, thank you for taking the time to let us know.

      I appreciate all the hard work and efforts.
      I look forward to the release of the next build.

      Best regards,
      rakunavi
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      Even if selection in Bookmarks pane no longer includes children, "Delete but Retain Children" command won't be reenabled

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      :)