Move To or Duplicate To, where large number of databases

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I greatly like the right click “Move To” or “Duplicate To” command, but since I typically have 20 open databases, the list I then face is extremely long (in that each database also shows the first level of groups within it). Is there any way to be presented with a fully collapsed list of databases?

I can, instead, use the sorter, which has the behaviour I want, but it is not available as a right click command.

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Another possibility is to use Data > Move To… instead.

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Thank you. That does add key strokes, though. Might it be useful to have a preferences option as to how many, if any, levels of groups display with the Move To / Copy To command? (Or to put Data/Move To on the right click menu)?

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Sure. But isn’t one shortcut to open the popover plus few keystrokes afterwards to find the right group usually much faster than navigating large and/or deep contextual menus?

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BTW:
After opening Go > To Group… and detaching it from the window, you could also use this popover to file items via drag & drop.

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Thanks again. So it seems to me that:

  • The sorter always shows fully collapsed databases
  • Move To / Copy To right click command always shows first level Groups for all open databases (which for me is therefore several screens deep and unusable)
  • Go / To Group shows those groups in all databases already open, which can be useful, but again, is a bit cluttered because I don’t collapse my databases as often as I should.

I will try using the Go / To Group more, but I personally would like the option of a Move To or Copy To right click command that opened in a fully collapsed format as per the sorter. With non-unified inboxes and other first level groups, it gets me where I want to go pretty quickly. However, it is not so difficult to open the sorter and perhaps that is the answer!

Thank you, as always, for your help.