Many pages contain a grid interface to list channels or connections and their properties. Cells within the grid can contain editable text, combo lists, check boxes, buttons or read-only values.
Columns can be sorted or hidden using a drop down menu in each column headerscreenshot)
Selected column options persist for the client, at least until the user preferences are reset.
Grids can be sorted automatically by selecting Sort Ascending or Sort Descending from the drop down menu. Rows are sorted according to the selected column. A small up arrow (Sort Ascending) or down arrow (Sort Descending) in the column shows rows are sorted by that column.
A list may be sorted by a column's contents, including the Collect column in Test configuration. However, while sorting by the Collect column in the All input channels tab, Computed channels will be sorted separately, below other input channels.
Rows can be manually sorted by dragging them where desired. To move multiple rows at one time, select the rows desired and then click and drag. The rows move to the new location in the order that they were selected.
Grids can be filtered using the Search tool. For example, a grid interface could be searched for the word "memory" and only rows with the word "memory" in a cell will show. Click the Search tool in the Quick link buttons. Enter information in the search bar.
In Test configuration, on a channels tab, a red number also shows on the tab, which is the number of channels resulting from the search.
While a search is active, the Search icon will change color.
Clear the search bar to end filtering.
In the grid interface, columns can be shown or hidden to make navigation easier. Select a check box to show the column. Useful identification columns are Connection, Description and Name.
At least one column check box must be selected. If only one column check box is selected, the selection will be greyed out so the column cannot be hidden.
In a column's drop down menu, select Freeze Column to lock the column. When a column is locked, the option changes to Unfreeze Column.
In the grid interface, independent columns can be locked so they are always in view when the user scrolls horizontally. Independent columns are those that do not belong to a group, hence the column header background is not colored.
Edit a cell value by clicking on the cell or by using the keyboard directional and tab keys to navigate to the cell.
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To show a small arrow on cells with combo lists, select the Show list values indicator option in the User preferences.
The directional keys can be used to navigate to a cell, with the up arrow key moving up one cell, the down arrow key moving down one cell and so on. The Tab key will move the selection to the right and wrap around to the first cell once it reaches the end of the row. The Enter key will allow the user to edit a cell while the Escape (Esc) key will cancel editing.
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To automatically select all the text in an editable cell, select the Select cell text on focus option in the User preferences.
For most grids, select a row by checking the box in the first column. Perform actions on single rows by right clicking on a row and selecting an action.
Selection of rows using the Shift key
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The boxes in the Collect column in Test configuration cannot be selected in groups using the Shift key.
Select a row box using a left mouse button or a keyboard Enter key.
Hold down a Shift key and:
This applies the first box's selected state (checked or not checked) to other boxes. Release the Shift key to make other selections.
Most columns can be resized by dragging the column border and reordered by dragging the column header.
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To hide or show grid tabs, click and select which views to show.
The eye icon to the right in the header allows connection or channel tabs to be shown or hidden. Title view options vary among Input channels, Computed channels, Output channels and DataModesTM grid interfaces.