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Toggle Selection Mode

Docspell allows to edit and delete multiple items. Search the items you want to edit or delete and then select them by changing into "select mode". This changes the view slightly by adding a menu to the main area and the item cards contain a check box:

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Then select items by clicking on the card. You can also change the search form and add more items to the selection. The top left shows how many items are selected and allows to select and deselect all visible items. Selected items are displayed in a different color.

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Choose an Action: Edit

Once all desired items are selected, choose an action. Currently you can edit or delete them. When clicking "edit", the left side menu changes to a form for changing the metadata:

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Changing the metadata in that form immediately applies it to all selected items. You can change the selection anytime.

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If you are done, just click on the icon from the beginning to go back to "normal" mode.

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Choose an Action: Delete

When choosing the delete action, a confirmation dialog shows up. If you confirm the deletion, then all selected items are deleted at the server and the view is switched back to normal mode afterwards. Note that deleting a lot of items may take a while to finish.

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