Annotation files not moving with the related file

My database consists entirely of indexed groups, and my annotation file setting is to save the annotation in the same group as the original file. When I move an indexed file within DT from one indexed group to another within the database, whether by drag-and-drop or Cmd-Ctrl-M, the annotation file does not automatically move with it. My General Settings for annotation files are “Save in same group” and “Move annotations automatically”.

I’ve found a number of posts here about similar issues (which seem to have been resolved), but they all seem to be about moving files or groups between databases rather than between groups within a single database. Does the “Move annotations automatically” setting only affect moves between databases? Surely moving files between groups is a much more common action, and if you’re saving the annotation file in the same group it stands to reason that you would want it to move with the original file.

DT 3.9.7 on Mac OS Sonoma 14.6

Yes.

Jim, you might consider editing the help text for “Move annotations automatically”. I read it the same as I assume the OP might have – that the feature is not just about moving between databases, but that was only a case “for example”.

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korm, that’s exactly how I read it. Glad I’m not the only one. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Why?

Because that’s the behavior that was requested and implemented.

While I have not had occasion to use this, it seems to me the feature would be more useful within a given database, not across databases. At least, that’s how I’d want to use the feature if I ever did.

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Development implemented what had the most traction and would have to assess changing this behavior.

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