About Combining Statements with Backspace or Delete

In general when you use the Backspace or Delete keys to combine statements of different types, the second statement takes on the type of the first statement.

For example, if the first statement type is a verification point and the second statement type is a step, placing the cursor at the beginning the second statement and pressing Backspace combines the statements into a single verification point.

As another example, if the first statement is a step and the second statement is a verification point, placing the cursor at the end of the first statement and pressing Delete combines the statements into a single step.

These examples illustrate combining statements other than groups. The following lists how this feature works if one of the statements is a group or part of a group:

When the first statement is a reporting point and the second statement is a group without children, combining the two statements results in one reporting point.
When the first statement is a verification point and the second statement is a group with children, combining the two statements results in a single group with children.
When the first statement is a group and the second statement is a child of the group, combining the two statements results in a group (the group folder name and the first statement in the group).
When the first statement is a group and the second statement is a reporting point within the group, and the third statement is a step outside the group, combining statements two and three results in a group with a single reporting point within the group.
Note: No matter how many statements appear between the first statement in a group and the next statement outside the group, the statement outside the group is added to the last statement within the group.