End-User Capabilities: Selecting Rows/Cards

May 03, 2018
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Multiple records and cards can be selected simultaneously. This topic shows how you can do this.

Select Individual Rows/Cards

Do one of the following to select a row/card and clear an existing selection.

In Grid Views, click the row’s indicator cell or any of its data cells.
In Card and Layout Views, click the card’s caption or any of its data cells.
Select the row/card using the ARROW keys.

Do one of the following to select a row/card while preserving the current selection.

In Grid Views, click the row’s indicator cell or any of its data cells, while holding the CTRL key down.
In Card and Layout Views, click the card’s caption or any of its data cells, while holding the CTRL key down.

Do one of the following to toggle the focused row’s/card’s selected state.

Press CTRL+SPACE.
Click the row/card while holding the CTRL key down.

To move focus between rows and cards while preserving the current selection, use CTRL+ARROW key combinations (supported by Grid and Card Views).

Select a Range of Rows/Cards

To select all rows/cards , press CTRL+A (supported by Grid and Layout Views). Before pressing this shortcut, ensure that the focused cell is not being edited.

To select a continuous range or rows/cards , you can do the following.

Use ARROW, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN keys while holding the SHIFT key down.
To select all rows/cards between the currently focused row/card and another one, click the target row/card while holding the SHIFT key down.
To select a continuous range of cards in Layout Views, drag with the mouse around cards that are to be selected (marquee selection).

Copy Selected Records to the Clipboard

Press CTRL+C