Delete Context Line

Delete Context Line

You can delete any context line you do not want to keep.

A Context View (centred or left-aligned) must be the focused (active) view and a context line must be selected (highlighted) before you can delete it.

To delete a line, press the Del key, or choose Delete Line from the Contexts Menu, or right-click on the Context View for a pop-up menu.

It is easier to select lines for deletion if you first choose Don't View Text on the View menu. This stops the viewer or editor opening each time you click on a context line.

After they are deleted, context lines don't appear in the Context Views, nor when you export or print. Deleted lines remain deleted until you undelete them or until you re-make the concordance. If you choose 'Save Concordance As...' from the File menu, deleted lines will still be available for undeleting after the concordance has been saved.

If there are any deleted context lines for the current headword, the fourth panel from the left on the Status Bar shows the number of deleted lines, followed by the number of remaining lines in square brackets.

The Wordlist View continues to show the total number of occurrences of a headword (i.e. the total number of context lines) after you have deleted context lines. If you have also limited the number of contexts to display, this too will affect the number of contexts shown.

See also:
Undelete Context Lines
Limit the number of contexts to display