Using the editing commands

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Cut

Cut

A cut operation copies a portion of the pathway to the system's clipboard, then deletes it from the pathway:

Select one or more items.
Do any one of the following:
- Choose "Cut" from the "Edit" menu.
- Right-click on one of the selected items and choose "Cut" from the pop-up menu.
- On Windows or Linux, press the CONTROL and X keys on your keyboard.
- On Mac OSX, press the COMMAND and X keys on your keyboard.
The selected items are copied to the clipboard and deleted from the pathway.

A copy operation copies a portion of the pathway to the system's clipboard:

Select one or more items.
Do any one of the following:
- Choose "Copy" from the "Edit" menu.
- Right-click on one of the selected items and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu.
- On Windows or Linux, press the CONTROL and C keys on your keyboard.
- On Mac OSX, press the COMMAND and C keys on your keyboard.
The selected items are copied to the clipboard.

A paste operation copies the contents of the clipboard to the pathway:

Do any one of the following:
- Choose "Paste" from the "Edit" menu.
- On Windows or Linux, press the CONTROL and V keys on your keyboard.
- On Mac OSX, press the COMMAND and V keys on your keyboard.
The clipboard's contents are added to the pathway.

You can delete one or more items from the pathway:

Select one or more items.
Do any one of the following:
- Choose "Delete" from the "Edit" menu.
- Right-click on one of the selected items and choose "Delete" from the pop-up menu.
- Press the DEL key on your keyboard.
- Press the BACKSPACE key on your keyboard.
The selected items are deleted from the pathway.

Most pathway editing operations can be un-done, including deleting, pasting, and moving items.

If you undo an edit, you can redo it again:

Choose "Redo" from the "Edit" menu. The previous action will be re-done.