Similar to Tags, Collections allow you to organize asset selections for faster access. Unlike Tags, however, when you create a Collection, it is only visible to you and is not shared across the team.
Collections are a convenient way to, for example, make temporary asset selections for a project, gather some favorite assets, or just quickly group assets for later use.
How to use Collections in Connecter?
Creating collections
To create a new collection, go to the Collections tab in the Productivity panel and click the "+" button. Then give the new collection a name and press Enter:
Creating a new collection.
Adding and removing assets to collections
To add assets to a collection, select one or multiple assets and use a drag & drop interaction:
Adding assets to a collection.
To remove assets from a collection, select the assets and choose the Remove from Collection command in the contextual menu:
Removing assets from collection.
Browsing multiple collections
You can select multiple collections to browse all assets they contain. Use the standard Control + left mouse click to add and remove collections from the selection:
Browsing multiple collections.
Renaming and deleting collections
To rename a collection, use either of the two methods:
- Choose the Rename command in the collection's contextual menu, then type in a new name.
- Select a collection and press the F2 keyboard key, then type in a new name.
Renaming collections.
To delete one or multiple collections, use either of the two methods:
- Make a selection of collections and choose the Delete command in the collection's contextual menu.
- Make a selection of collections and press the Delete keyboard key.
Deleting collections.
Collection groups
When the number of collections gets larger and the list becomes harder to navigate, use Groups to organize related collections.
To create a new group, click the Add new collection group button in the top right of the Collections header. Then select one or more collections and use a drag & drop interaction to add to the group:
Creating a collection group and adding collections to it.
Choose the New collection command in the group's contextual menu to create a new collection directly into an existing group:
Creating a new collection in a group.
To remove collections from a group, use either of the three methods:
- Make a selection and drag & drop the collections out of the group onto an empty area in the Collections view:
Removing collections from a group with drag & drop.
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Make a selection and choose the Remove from group command in the group's contextual menu:
Removing collections from a group.
- Choose the Ungroup command in the group's contextual menu. This will remove all collections from the group:
Ungrouping a group.
To rename a group, use either of the two methods:
- Choose the Rename command in the group's contextual menu and type in a new name.
- Select a group, press the F2 keyboard key, and type in a new name.
Renaming groups.
To delete one or multiple groups, use either of the two methods:
- Make a selection of groups and choose the Delete command in the group's contextual menu.
- Make a selection of groups and press the Delete keyboard key.
IMPORTANT: All collections it contains will also be deleted when you delete a group.
Deleting groups.