To put an item in a fence, drag it onto the fence on the grid. To take it out, drag it off. There is no separate “add” step: an item belongs to a fence whenever its center sits inside the fence’s edges.
Put Items in a Fence
- Find the item on your workspace grid.
- Drag it so its center lands inside the fence.
- Let go. The item is now part of the fence and moves, shares, and publishes with it.
You can drag several selected items at once. Press Ctrl + A to select everything on the workspace, or select a group and drag them together.
Take Items Out of a Fence
Drag the item until its center is outside the fence, then let go. The item stays on your workspace, just no longer in that fence.
What Counts as Inside
- Only the center of the item matters. An item can hang partly over the fence’s edge and still belong to it.
- If fences overlap, an item whose center is in the overlap belongs to both.
- A binder or a fence can sit inside a fence too. A nested fence must be entirely inside, including its name tab. For details, see Nest Fences and Binders Inside a Fence.
Items in a Shared Fence
When a fence is shared, the people it is shared with see everything inside it. Dragging an item into a shared fence shares it with them too, and dragging it out stops sharing it through the fence. To add items to someone else’s shared fence you need the Add permission, and to take items out you need Remove. See Working in a Fence Someone Shared with You.
For Developers
With the Opal REST API you can add an item to a fence, which positions it inside the fence for you, and read a fence’s children. See Fences API: Add Items, Read Children, and Move a Fence.
Next Steps
- Move a Fence and Everything in It
- Resize a Fence
- Moving, Positioning, and Managing Items on a Workspace
FAQ
Why did my item not join the fence?
Its center is probably just outside the fence’s edge. Drag it a little further in.
Does moving a shared fence over other items pull them in?
No. A shared fence keeps what was put in it. Moving or resizing it does not pull in items it then covers. Drag an item in to add it.
Can I put a fence inside a binder?
No. Binders cannot hold fences or other binders. Fences can hold binders.
