Edit or fork a topic

If all the Branches are available for you, you can either edit in all Branches or choose to fork the topic and make changes to only some Branches.

The view or page that you edit the topic from changes the steps required. If you edit the topic from the My Assignments page, Map View, or Topic Preview, you need to pick a Context Map only if the topic does not already have one.

To edit or fork a topic:

  1. For the topic, click Edit icon.
    The Edit dialog appears.
  2. Do one of the following:
    Editing choice (and scenario)Steps
    Editing topic in all branches

    (topic has context map AND on any view or page except Search)
    1. Click the Edit radio button (selected by default).
    2. Click Edit.
    Editing topic in all branches

    (topic does not have context map OR in Search)
    1. Click the Edit radio button (selected by default).
    2. Click Next.
    Forking topic

    (All scenarios)
    1. Click Fork & Edit.
    2. Select the Branches that will get the updated topic.
    3. Click Next.

    If you are editing the topic in all branches from the My Assignments page, Map View, or Topic Preview and it has a context map, the topic is checked out and opens in Topic Editor.

    In all other cases, you must still select a Context Map for the topic from the Search. Continue with the steps below.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • To pick a Context Map for the topic, click the radio button for it.
    • To edit the topic without a Context Map, click No context map.
  4. Click Edit.

If you selected Edit, the topic will update with the changes you make across all Branches.

If you selected Fork & Edit, a new instance of the topic is created in the Branches you selected. Any changes you make will appear in that topic for only those Branches.