Deleting outline entry

[Daniel]

On 2023-09-23 21:09, Daniel wrote:
> On 2023-09-23 18:50, Dan via lyx-users wrote:
>>> Is there a way to delete an outline entry? A right-click on the entry 
>>> does
>>> not offer that option and the delete key removes characters in the
>>> chapter/section title, not the chapter/section itself.
>>>
>> I do not see any way of accomplishing this via the GUI, but it can be 
>> done by means of the command interpreter with a pair of commands.
>>
>> Say you want to delete section 2.2 of your document
>>    1. Place the cursor at the title of section 2.2.
>>    2. Issue in the command interpreter "section-select". This will 
>> select the whole section 2.2.
>>    3. To delete the entire section, then enter this command: 
>> "char-delete-forward". This will erase the whole section.
>>
>> These steps work for any kind of sectioning (division of the text 
>> hierarchycally): parts, chapters, paragraphs, etc. You could even 
>> customize your UI file to bind these pair of commands to a button in 
>> the toolbars.
> 
> I was about to suggest to add a "Delete Section" menu entry to the TOC 
> context menu. But that doesn't work for some reason and I am not sure why.
> 
> In any case, such a (working) menu entry should probably be available.
> 
> Daniel

Maybe there is some kind of cursor update missing after the 
"section-select" command?

command-sequence section-select;char-delete-forward

apparently works fine when the cursor is already in the heading but not 
when executed merely from the context-menu.

Daniel