Organizing Your Items

This topic describes how to move, copy, and rename your items and color-code your folder icons in BarTender Cloud to make them easier to find and manage.

ClosedTo rename a file or folder

  1. In the item list pane, select the item that you want.

  2. On the toolbar, click Rename. Alternatively, right-click the item, and then click Rename.

  3. In the Rename dialog, enter the new name.

  4. Click Rename.

ClosedTo copy files or folders to a new location

  1. In the item list pane, select the items that you want.

  2. On the toolbar, click Copy to. Alternatively, right-click an item or group of selected items, and then click Copy to.

  3. In the Select Destination dialog, select the folder that you want to copy the items to. You can also click New Folder to create a new folder to copy the items to.

  4. Click OK.

ClosedTo move files or folders to a new location

  1. In the item list pane, select the items that you want.

  2. On the toolbar, click Move to. Alternatively, right-click an item or group of selected items, and then click Move to.

  3. In the Select Destination dialog, select the folder that you want to move the items to. You can also click New Folder to create a new folder to move the items to.

  4. Click OK.

ClosedTo copy the link to a file or folder

  1. In the item list pane, select the item that you want.

  2. On the toolbar, click Copy link. Alternatively, right-click the item, and then click Copy link. The URL for the item is copied to the clipboard.

When you paste the link into the browser address bar, the link's behavior varies depending on the item type, as follows:

  • For folders, the link opens BarTender Cloud to the folder in the Manage Files view.

  • For BarTender documents, the link opens BarTender Cloud to the Print page for the document.

  • For support files and PDF files, the link downloads the file. PDF files can be uploaded to BarTender Cloud only by using the BarTender Cloud REST API.

Note: When you paste an item's URL into a browser to access the item, you must be signed in to BarTender Cloud to have the Manage Files view or Print page be displayed or to have the support file or PDF file be downloaded. Otherwise, you are prompted to sign in.

ClosedTo change the color of a folder icon

  1. In the item list pane, select the folder that you want.

  2. On the toolbar, click Folder Color, and then click Change color. Alternatively, right-click the folder, and then click Folder Color.

  3. Use one of the tools in the color selector to specify the color that you want to change the folder icon to. Available tools include a circle-shaped color finder that you can drag, an eyedropper, a color slider, and fields that you can enter RGB, HSL, or hexadecimal values into.

  4. Press Enter or click outside the color selector box to save your color selection and close the color selector box. Alternatively, press Esc to cancel your color selection and close the color selector box.

ClosedTo restore the default color of a folder icon

  1. In the item list pane, select the folder that you want.

  2. On the toolbar, click Folder Color, and then click Reset. Alternatively, right-click the folder, and then click Reset next to Folder Color.