[BBD] alias category creation

[ccarnot]

I'm trying to create an alias category but I d'on't see "paste as alias category" in the contextual menu...
can you help me ?

[Mario]

Hi. welcome to the IMatch user community.

Click the category for which you want to create an alias and press <Crtrl>+<C>
Click the category under which you want to create the new Alias category.
Right-click to open the context menu and there go to Clipboard > Paste as Category Alias...

The command is disabled when the selected parent category is not suitable. For example, you cannot paste Alias categories into a data-driven category, into @Keywords or @Builder

[ccarnot]

Hi. welcome to the IMatch user community.

Click the category for which you want to create an alias and press <Crtrl>+<C>
Click the category under which you want to create the new Alias category.
Right-click to open the context menu and there go to Clipboard > Paste as Category Alias...

The command is disabled when the selected parent category is not suitable. For example, you cannot paste Alias categories into a data-driven category, into @Keywords or @Builder

Thank you for the quick response...  As I (re)discover Imatch with pleasure, reading help files is not always enough ! 

[Mario]

Thank you for the quick response...  As I (re)discover Imatch with pleasure, reading help files is not always enough !

True. The corresponding section (from which I copied) in the help is: Using the Clipboard in the Alias categories section.

IMatch is very powerful and not even I can keep everything in my head. That's why the help system is extensive and detailed. So I can look stuff up when needed

[JohnZeman]

Just as an FYI when I created my Alias categories I did it a little differently.

1. I created the parent Alias category where I wanted it.

2. I created the first Alias subcategory below the parent Alias.

3. Then in the Properties dialog for the Alias subcategory I clicked the 3 dot button in the Is Alias Of box and navigated to the category I wanted to add as an alias.

[Mario]

@JohnZeman

Yes, this is also a way to do this. It's also described in the help, in the How Alias Categories Work. The next section is Using the Clipboard, which I used in my initial reply, since the user mentioned the context menu.

Both approaches work equally well.