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Navigator only allow to show selected element (XML view, POM model) in the Editor. Using DEL button on Navigator to remove selected element will be useful
This would be a nice feature in other types of files as well... such as removing methods via the method node in the Navigator for Java source code files.... hmmm, I wonder if the action should be bound to the refactoring module/methods.