Can anyone explain how the new drag and drop functionality is supposed to work? I'm finding it a complete nightmare. I try and move items around in the schedule and they simply disappear -- or so it seems. In fact they are generally now part of song. This is NOT what I want!!! How can I avoid this happening? It's so counter-intuitive.

On the latest release Build 7.4 the right click 'move item up or move item down' isn't working for me. Generally nothing happens - sometimes an item goes to the end of the schedule, sometimes it will move up or down one item. Nightmare!

Disappointed that the bug causing first scripture slide to not be emboldened hasn't been fixed.

I think what he's talking about is the fact when you drag a scripture of other media to add to the schedule if you don't see a complete dark/black line between the insertion point and only see a part of the line then it adding media become a part of the the top or lower object as if you are adding a scripture between two graphic file and you line/insertion point is not completely between the file (complete black line all the way across the insertion point) then it's added to the top graphic file above you insertion point.
I have also experience this and finally figured out why and how to sole it by making sure that my insertion point always have a solid line from left to right).
Hope this helps!

After watching the video I do now understand better how some people might use this. I doubt I will, at least not often.

Perhaps a solution would to be a better difference in the two actions. Instead of just a shorter line, maybe highlighting the item you are adding to with a bright color. Just a thought.

After reading your messages Craig, I decided to check out this feature myself.
I think it can be very useful - not necessarily for a song but when someone turns up waving a flash drive full of pictures and they have no idea what they actually are - PP Photos etc. I can drop them into a Pre- prepared folder e.g 1A Todays Program - Images.
This shows at the top of the Collections list so is easily found. I can then open my Collection Images and all those pictures show. I can then drag the first one to the schedule, Then Holding the CNTL key select all the others and drop them onto the schedule item - making sure the line is shorter.
They then form/build into a slideshow which can then be indexed from the front/presenter using a remote. If needed I can easily rearrange them into the order needed. Faster than dropping them into a PP.

Great new feature. Thanks.

I've been using EW for over ten years. So I guess I've created in excess of 500 schedules. I can honestly say that I've NEVER encountered the situation Alvin describes. So to enable this (for me) never used functionality EW have built a major Gotcha into the UI made worse by the fact that there is no way to undo an inadvertent short drag creating an unwanted presentation. Where's the advantage in that? And if someone did turn up before the service with a load of photos it's not really such a big deal to drag them one at a time into a blank presentation is it?

I've been using EW for 15 years and have never had the need for this function - however I do add schedule items all the time via drag and drop.

6.7.5 will require you to hold the ctrl key down in order to drag into each other. This should help prevent accidental combining of items.

6.7.5 will require you to hold the ctrl key down in order to drag into each other. This should help prevent accidental combining of items.

Sounds like a great plan! Thanks

6.7.5 will require you to hold the ctrl key down in order to drag into each other. This should help prevent accidental combining of items.

That should sort it! - hopefully there'll also be a fix for the issues with moving items up / down schedule as discussed with Fred earlier this week?

We found an issue with some older schedules having a corrupted sort order. If you create a new schedule and import the old schedule into it, it will fix the schedule. You can import it by dragging it into the schedule window or clicking the gear icon, add item, import schedule file. Select the file and click open. Save the schedule and it should stay fixed.

John. You may never have the had what I described above but my guess is you would be one of the few. I too have used EW for over 15 years, in church, at week long seminars, at work (I have my own personal licence) for church services, social events and many other events. Many times I have been given a flash drive just before the program begins and the owner has really no idea what is on it - except saying it has pictures! Yeah - PP, Jpg's what? They often have no idea.
This morning that happened yet again. While I don't like this happening and like all media well before the program, it happens.
I opened the flash drive in Explore, copied the pictures to a Quick Access folder I have created called "1A Todays Program Images" I have such a folder for Videos and Audio as well.

Going back to EW I clicked on Media/Collections/Images and there is the Collection I have made with the above filename - and all the pictures were showing - with a few others from a previous week.. I dragged the first one onto the schedule then collectively (CNTR Key) selected all the others and dragged them on top of the first picture.
Bingo! I had a ready made slideshow. Did a quick edit to make sure they were in order then they were ready to project.
I could have dragged each picture to the schedule individually, then used Go Live to advance each picture, but this new way allows a person telling the story about the pictures to use a remote to advance their slides as they would if using PP.
Thanks EW developers for this feature. This morning it saved me precious time just before the program began.

I am having the same issues with Drag and Drop. I was trying to reorder songs in a schedule. When I drug a song up, it moved to where I wanted it. When I would drag a song down, it just disappeared. I did not see anything that looked like the two songs were combined, nor did I see a partial black line. I made sure there was a black line between the two songs that I waned to move the song between. This is very frustrating.

Hi Crawford69,
If you update to 6.7.5, you'll find that this is no longer an issue. In 6.7.5 you'll find that you have to hold down the ctrl key to drag items into each other. Hope this helps!