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==About Moving Swimlanes in the Chart==

Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the features, function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that '''import''' from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Project for the Web, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, and Wrike.

As it is with '''rows''', for some schedule presentations the '''order of swimlanes''' in the chart done by OnePager may not be totally sufficient to meet your needs.  '''Swimlanes''' can be manually '''moved up and down''' in the chart by selecting the appropriate '''swimlane level cell''' of the desired '''swimlane''' and, once selected, using the mouse '''drag and drop method''' on the selected '''swimlane''' to place it in the desired position.

OnePager provides assistance by '''highlighting the selected swimlane''' first and as the selected '''swimlane''' is '''dragged up or down''' providing a '''red line with a pointer''' to tell you where the '''dragged swimlane''' is to be '''dropped (placed''' at the end of the operation.  Finally, releasing the mouse left-click button causes OnePager to place the selected '''swimlane''' in the designed or '''dropped''' position.

You must have at least one '''swimlane level showing''' in the chart so that you have a '''swimlane level cell''' to use in the procedure described above.  '''Only one swimlane''' can be moved at a time.  To move '''two or more swimlanes''' to new positions, the operations must be done separately.

Moving a '''swimlane''' moves all the '''rows''' that are members of that '''swimlane'''. If there are multiple '''swimlane levels showing''' in the chart, selecting a '''higher level swimlane''' to move when there are '''lower level swimlanes as members''' also moves these '''lower level swimlanes'''. The '''Left#1 swimlane level''' is considered the '''highest level swimlane''' because it appears furthest to the left in the chart.  When all three '''swimlane levels''' are present in the chart, the hierarchy is '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', and '''Left#3''' as shown here:

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The examples provide below demonstrates this hierarchy.  '''Swimlanes''' can be '''moved within a swimlane level''' or '''moved between swimlane levels'''.  '''Moving a swimlane''' makes the '''swimlane''' into a '''row maverick'''.

==Moving  Swimlanes In the Chart - Example==

For this example, only a single '''swimlane level''' is used to demonstrate the basic process.

===Selecting a Swimlane to Move===

To '''move a swimlane''', select the desired '''swimlane''' by clicking in its '''swimlane level cells''' as shown below:

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You can also select the '''swimlane''' by using the '''double-left-click''' to '''highlight''' the '''swimlane's label cell''' as shown here:

<center>[[File:P70-12_10_1-(3)-07102020.png]]</center>
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With the '''swimlane''' selected, movement of the mouse '''up or down''' causes OnePager to show a '''highlight red line''' indicating the direction the mouse is moving and where the selected '''swimlane''' will be placed if the mouse left-click button is released.

===Moving a Swimlane Up or Down===

Below is an example where a '''swimlane''' is selected and the mouse is moved '''slightly down''':

<center>[[File:P70-12_10_1-(4)-07102020.png]]</center>
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If the mouse with the left-click button held down is moved '''down further''' the '''highlighted red line''' moves with it  and indicated where the selected '''swimlane''' will be placed if the mouse left-click button were released at that position as shown here:

<center>[[File:P70-12_10_1-(5)-07102020.png]]</center>
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When the mouse left-click button is released in the position shown above, OnePager moves the selected '''swimlane''' to that position as shown below:

<center>[[File:P70-12_10_1-(6)-07102020.png]]</center>
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In the example above there is only the '''Left#1 swimlane level''' present in the chart.  As a result, moving a '''swimlane up or down''' in a '''single swimlane level''' chart results in placing it: (1) '''between other Left#1 swimlanes''', (2) between the '''top most swimlane and the chart's top frame''', or (3) between the '''bottom most swimlane and the chart's bottom frame'''.  In the '''single swimlane level''' chart, the ends of the '''highlighted red line or key''' resembles a '''T''' on its side.

The example given above applies equally well when it is desired to select a '''single swimlane cell''' and move it '''up''' in the chart.  When there are '''multiple swimlane levels''' present in the chart the '''highlighted red line and its key''' becomes more important as discussed below.

===Interpretation of the Key on the Highlighted Red Line===

The '''key''' displayed on the left side of the '''highlighted red line''' can point '''up''' or '''down or in both directions''' when moving a '''swimlane''' that is below the '''highest level swimlane showing''' in the chart.  The examples that follow use a chart with three '''swimlane levels showing''' in the chart.

====Key Points Down====

When the '''key''' points '''down''' the selected '''swimlane''' is positioned below the '''highlighted red line''' as shown in the sequence of two illustrations that follow:

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<center>[[File:P70-12_10_1-(8-1)-07102020.png]]</center>
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====Key Points Up====

The first example above shows where the selected '''swimlane''' is positioned when the '''key''' points '''up'''.  Results are similar when the selected '''swimlane''' is positioned when the '''key''' points '''up'''.

====Key Points Up and Down====

The '''key''' can indicate that the selected '''swimlane''' will be positioned '''on the highlighted red line''' as shown in the sequence of two illustrations that follow:

<center>'''Before'''</center>

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<center>'''After'''</center>

<center>[[File:P70-12_10_1-(10)-08042020.png]]</center>
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==Related Links==

{| class="wikitable"
| [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.2 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-72-->
| [[Creating and Formatting Text Columns for Version 7.2 | Creating and Formatting Text Columns]] <!--12.03.1-72-->
|-
| [[Row and Swimlane Borders for Version 7.2 | Row and Swimlane Borders]] <!--12.04.1-72-->
| [[Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels for Version 7.2 | Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels]] <!--12.3.1-72-->
|-
| [[Resizing the Width of Text Columns and Swimlanes for Version 7.2 | Resizing the Width of Text Columns and Swimlanes]] <!--12.8.1-72-->
| [[Editing Row Properties for Version 7.2 | Editing Row Properties]] <!--12.22.1-72-->
|-
| [[Editing Swimlane Properties for Version 7.2 | Editing Swimlane Properties]] <!--12.23.1-72-->
|}

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