Drag and Drop

If you have already taken pictures of your belongings and saved them to your computer's hard disk, you can quickly create objects in your inventory through Drag and Drop. It is also a useful method for attaching media to existing items.

First, select a module (Objects, Rooms, Insurance Policies, Insurance Claims, Beneficiaries) from the Inventory Explorer.

Open Windows Explorer while CHI is open. Resize the Explorer window so that you can see CHI in the background. From the Explorer, browse to the image file of the item you wish to include in your inventory. Select the file (select multiple files by using the CTRL and/or SHIFT keys).

The destination for these files depends on whether you wish to create a new object or attach media to existing items.

Creating New Objects

While holding down the left button on the mouse, drag the image or file into CHI and release it anywhere in the Browse View.

Drag and drop from Windows Explorer to Collectify Home Inventory

You will be prompted to choose the room for the new object(s). Note, this selection can be modified afterwards - see Moving Objects for more information.

Unless you are dragging and dropping a single file into a room browse view (eg. Living Room Browse View) - in which case, you will not be prompted to choose the room.

To complete the process, choose whether you would like to create one item with each image or create one item with all images stored in that item. The new object(s) can now be modified if you so wish.

Attaching Media to Existing Items

To quickly add additional images to an item's details, drag the image or file into CHI and release it over the image area in Details View. For example, if you wish to add pictures of a room from different angles, you would drag the image files to the room's detail area.

Drag and drop into Details View

Alternatively, while holding down the CTRL button, drag the files to the item's thumbnail in Browse View.