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Version: Beaver Builder 2.9

Outline Panel

The Outline panel provides a bird's eye view of all the content on your layout and a streamlined interface to edit and interact with layout content.

Usage​

Attempting to drag a row from "below the fold" on a long page could always be a bit agonizing. The Outline panel makes it easy to rearrange content on large pages and to quickly jump around and edit different parts of a page.

Access Outline Panel​

Click the Outline icon in the Top Bar to open the Outline panel, which lets you view and modify the structure of your page layout in an outline format:

Outline panel icon in the Beaver Builder editor

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The Outline panel doesn't have a drag handle, but you can remove its overlap on the layout with this trick. First display the Content panel and the use the drag handle to pin it to the right of the layout, then click the Outline panel icon. It then overlays the Content panel.

You can search for a specific node—whether it’s a row, column, or module—by clicking the magnifying glass icon and typing part of its name (e.g., “Box” or “Loop”). Any node that matches your search term will be highlighted in the Outline Panel. You can also search by label, ID, or classname if you know them.

Expand/Collapse​

You can Expand (show) and Collapse (hide) all items using the Outline Panel actions menu item ( Ellipsis icon).

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By using persistent storage, the Outline Panel keeps track of what sections have been expanded and collapsed.

Keyboard Shortcut​

Using the Outline Panel's keyboard shortcuts, you can open and close the Outline Panel as well as expand and collapse the tree view.

  • Toggle Outline Panel - Shift & O
  • Expand or Collapse the Tree View - Shift & T

Click once in any entry in the Outline panel to scroll to that node (row, column, or module) in the layout. Click twice to open that node's settings.

Move Content​

You can quickly move content such as rows, columns (except for child columns), and modules within the Outline Panel using drag-and-drop.

Right-Click​

Right-click any row, column, or module to see a list of available options. This action will also result in a blue outline appearing around the selected item within the builder.

  • Rows and Columns have Open settings and Remove options.
  • Modules have Open settings, Duplicate, and Remove options.

Right-Click Outline Panel

Labels​

To help identify the purpose of a row, column, or module in the Outline Panel tree view, you can add a label. You can add a label in two ways:

Adding a Label Inline​

You can add a label inline by opening the Outline Panel, moving your mouse cursor to the "type a label" field, and typing your label. When you're done typing, either click the checkmark icon or press the Enter key to save your label.

Adding a Label Through the Advanced Tab​

YOu can also add a label through the Advanced tab. The screenshot below shows an example where a label "Hero Heading" was added to a Heading module and is displayed in the Outline Panel.

Labels displayed in Outline panel

Icon Indicators​

In the Outline Panel, icons will appear when the display visibility settings for a row, column, or module have been modified or when custom CSS or JavaScript has been added to them using the CSS or JavaScript sections in the Advanced tab.

  • The Blue Eye icon indicates a row, column, or module visibility display state is no longer using the default state of "Always".

  • The Red Eye icon indicates a row, column, or module visibility display state is now using the Conditional Logic option which is available when you have Beaver Themer installed.

  • The Exclamation icon indicates that a module is missing from the layout. This can happen when a module has been disabled or in the case of a third-party module, the plugin providing the module has been deactivated or uninstalled.

  • The Code icon indicates that custom CSS or JavaScript has been added to that specific row, column, or module through the CSS or JavaScript sections found in the Advanced tab.

Right-Click Outline Panel