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End-User Capabilities: Selecting Rows/Cards

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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.

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  • 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

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