New Captivate - deleting items

Thank you, @WestsideCharlie_CL, for writing. @Lilybiri has already provided you with the answer. I'd like to add my 2 cents:

Let's take the example of a multi-column text content block.

To delete the content block, simply select the content block, and hit the Del/Delete key. It will remove the content block and its contents, ie, the multi-column text.

Now, if you want to hide the content inside the block, select the content block. In the Visual Properties panel > Components, select or de-select the components you wish to display/hide. 

Two things:

1. Selecting/de-selecting a component does not "delete" the content in its true sense. The action simply hides the content and the same reflects in the timeline.
2. You can select any component on the timeline, but not delete it.

When it comes to buttons, on the multi-column text content block, you can add buttons from Visual Properties > Components. The same theory applies. You can display or hide the buttons, but cannot "delete" the buttons either on the slide or the timeline.

This is a new paradigm in the all-new Adobe Captivate.

Please let us know if there are further queries. Do not hesitate to post your suggestions/requests on the Captivate User Voice.

Thanks,

Saurav 

There is a difference between the 'blocks' which normally can be deleted and the 'components' like a button. For the components Delete will not work, you have to uncheck them in the Properties panel of the block in almost all the cases. Selection of something on the Timeline will not always reflect correctly on the stage and vice versa. I also prefer selecting on the (very convoluted) Timeline to be sure, but delete will often not work on individual items. In the PI you can better see what has been selected, but was this version not meant to be 'intuitive'?