Reordering nodes in a hierarchical structure

A computer system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and containing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method for editing a hierarchical diagram, the method comprising:
• accepting content in a content pane, wherein the content comprises a plurality of content portions displayed in a hierarchical format comprising two or more hierarchical levels, wherein at least one of the two or more hierarchical levels comprises a plurality of hierarchical positions, and wherein a first content portion occupies a first hierarchical position and a second content portion occupies a second hierarchical position of the plurality of hierarchical positions;
• receiving a selection of at least one of a plurality of graphical definitions, wherein the at least one selected graphical definition comprises a layout and a style for presenting the content;
• applying the at least one selected graphical definition to the content to produce the hierarchical diagram;
• simultaneously displaying the hierarchical diagram in a graphics pane separate from the content pane, wherein the hierarchical diagram comprises a plurality of nodes in an arrangement corresponding to the hierarchical format, wherein the hierarchical diagram comprises two or more node levels corresponding to the two or more hierarchical levels, wherein at least one of the two or more node levels comprises a plurality of node positions corresponding to the plurality of hierarchical positions, wherein a first node corresponding to the first content portion occupies a corresponding first node position of the plurality of node positions, and wherein a second node corresponding to the second content portion occupies a corresponding second node position of the plurality of node positions;
• selecting the first content portion of the plurality of content portions in the first hierarchical position within a first hierarchical level of the two or more hierarchical levels of the content;
• displaying a menu comprising options for reordering the selected first content portion;
• upon receiving a selection of an option for reordering the selected first content portion, reordering the selected first content portion from the first hierarchical position to a different hierarchical position within the first hierarchical level;
• and
• automatically reordering the first node from the first node position to a different node position in the graphics pane, wherein automatically reordering comprises changing a position of the first node within the first node level of the hierarchical diagram, and wherein automatically reordering the first node from the first node position to the different node position corresponds to the reordering of the first content portion from the first hierarchical position to the different hierarchical position in the content pane.

A computer-implemented method for editing a graphical content, the method comprising:

• accepting content in a content pane, wherein the content comprises a plurality of content portions displayed in a hierarchical format comprising two or more hierarchical levels, wherein at least one of the two or more hierarchical levels comprises a plurality of hierarchical positions, and wherein a first content portion occupies a first hierarchical position and a second content portion occupies a second hierarchical position of the plurality of hierarchical positions;
• receiving a selection of at least one of a plurality of graphical definitions, wherein the at least one selected graphical definition comprises a layout and a style for presenting the content;
• applying the at least one selected graphical definition to the content to produce graphical content;
• simultaneously displaying the graphical content in a graphics pane separate from the content pane, wherein the graphical content comprises a plurality of nodes in a hierarchical structure corresponding to the hierarchical format, wherein the hierarchical structure comprises two or more node levels corresponding to the two or more hierarchical levels, wherein at least one of the two or more node levels comprises a plurality of node positions corresponding to the plurality of hierarchical positions, and wherein a first node corresponds to the first content portion and occupies a corresponding first node position of the plurality of node positions, and wherein a second node corresponds to the second content portion and occupies a corresponding second node position of the plurality of node positions;
• receiving a change to the graphical content in the graphics pane, wherein the change includes reordering the first node from the first node position to a different node position within the at least one of the two or more node levels;
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• automatically reordering the first node from the first node position to a different node position in the graphics pane, wherein automatically reordering comprises changing a position of the first node within one of the two or more node levels of the hierarchical diagram, and wherein automatically reordering the first node from the first node position to the different node position corresponds to the reordering of the first content portion from the first hierarchical position to the different hierarchical position in the content pane.