Select data grid items

Select data grid items

In order to run operations on data grid items, you must make them active. Active items are marked with inverse highlighting.

Figure 4.130. Active and inactive items in the data grid


When you open a data grid, its first item becomes active by default. The user can select one or more of the items in the data grid.

To select an item in the data grid, click on the desired item.

You can also move the active line by using the navigation buttons (, , , ) or the Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys.

To make two or more items active, press and hold the Shift or Ctrl key and use the navigation buttons or the mouse.

Figure 4.131. Selecting multiple items in the data grid


To select all items in the data grid, you can use the Select all entries command from the Additional functions menu or the keyboard combination Ctrl+A.

Figure 4.132. Selecting all items in the data grid