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CTRL+Drag on a tool should move it within another connection

Hello!
Just another QOL change from me today. 
When building a workflow - just for fun sometimes I like to make mistakes. It's never by accident I promise 😎

 

Now theoretically, if I did make a mistake, and put a tool in the wrong place (or want to refactor, or want to move a select earlier in the workflow etc), I would typically right click, cut and connect around, and then right click the connection I want to paste onto. This works fine, however, some users are unaware of it, and it can still be a bit of a pain.

 

What would be really nice, is if we could hit ctrl and click/drag a tool, to move it elevated of connections. I have attempted to create a couple of gifs to illustrate.

The current method of moving a tool within a workstream:

ezgif-1-dc348d5b10.gif

 

What I'd love, if you could hold ctrl + drag:
ezgif-1-9df6fd68ad.gif

 

Cheers!
Owen

5 Comments
patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Great idea! 

cgoodman3
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

A great QoL improvement. 

It would be great if you had the option of dropping onto an existing connection; but also to create a new branch in the workflow as well.

AlteryxCommunityTeam
Alteryx Community Team
Alteryx Community Team
Status changed to: Accepting Votes
 
marcusblackhill
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Nice one!

 

ddiesel
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

I would appreciate this feature!