4. The StreamBrowser : Default Group Subwindows in the StreamBrowser

Default Group Subwindows in the StreamBrowser
Each workspace and dynamic stream has a default group, consisting of the elements that are currently active in that context. (More precisely, the default group contains a version of each active element.) In graphical mode, the StreamBrowser can display the default group for one workspace or stream at a time.
Opening a Default Group Subwindow
The StreamBrowser displays a   Default Group icon for each workspace and dynamic stream with a non-empty default group. Click this icon to open a subwindow displaying the default group.
You can display default groups just one-at-a-time -- the subwindow closes automatically if you click the icon of another workspace or stream.
Note: If you don't see any   icons, but you know some elements are active...
A user preference (Display Default Group in StreamBrowser) controls whether the Stream Browser spends the time to determine the contents of the default group of each stream and workspace in its display.
Default Group Subwindow Layout
The default group subwindow has essentially the same layout as the File Browser's Details pane:
StreamBrowser's default group subwindow vs. File Browser's Default Group search
The results of a Default Group search in the File Browser are not always the same as the contents of the StreamBrowser's Default Group subwindow:
The StreamBrowser's subwindow displays only those members with Pending status. This does not include elements that are active by virtue of a Send to Workspace or Anchor command. If the default group is non-empty, but contains only non-Pending elements, the icon will appear, but clicking it brings up an error box.
The toolbar in the Default Group subwindow contains many of the same buttons as the toolbar of the File Browser's Details pane. In particular, you can select one or more elements, then promote them to the backing stream.
Note: If you want to promote all the elements in the default group subwindow to the backing stream, you don't need to open the subwindow at all. Just drag-and-drop the icon below the workspace or stream to the backing stream. (The backing stream is the only stream you can target with this drag-and-drop operation.)

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