Working with Items
Items are the atoms of Webseriously. Everything you see in the graph is an item. Every item has a parent (except the root) and can have children.
Creating Items
Add a Child
- Select an item
- Click "Add" in the Details panel (or use keyboard shortcut)
- New item appears as a child of the selected one
The new item is selected automatically, ready for you to name it.
Add a Sibling
Some setups let you add a sibling — a new item at the same level as the selected one, sharing its parent. Check your Details panel for this option.
Editing Items
The Name
Click the item's label to edit inline. Or use the Details panel for a proper text field.
Names can be anything. Short is better for visual clarity, but you do you.
Other Data
Items can carry more than just a name. Depending on your setup:
- Fields — custom data (dates, numbers, text)
- Tags — labels for categorization
- Traits — special properties that affect behavior
All of this lives in the Details panel when an item is selected.
Deleting Items
Select an item, find the delete action in Details. Confirm.
Warning: Deleting an item deletes its children too. The whole branch goes. There's no undo (yet), so be sure.
Rearranging
Drag and Drop
Grab an item and drag it to a new parent. Drop it on the target, and it becomes a child of that item.
This is the main way to restructure your hierarchy. Faster than cut/paste, more intuitive than menu options.
Reordering Siblings
Within a parent, you can drag to reorder children. The order affects how they display in the graph.
Multi-Select
Rubberband Selection
Click and drag on the background (not on an item) to draw a selection rectangle. Everything inside gets selected.
With multiple items selected, you can:
- Delete them all at once
- Move them together (drag the group)
- Apply bulk actions (if available)
Shift-Click
Click one item, then shift-click another. Both are now selected (and everything in between, depending on context).
Parent-Child Relationships
Every item (except root) has exactly one parent. An item can have zero or many children.
This is strict hierarchy — no item can have two parents. If you need that, you're looking for tags or links, not parent-child relationships.
Changing Parents
Drag an item to a new parent. That's it. The item keeps its children — the whole subtree moves together.
Orphans
If you delete a parent without its children... actually, you can't. Children go with the parent. No orphans allowed.