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Submitted by Al on 2010/12/05 22:18

Currently only the item portion of a selected item uses the selected items back color, dark blue in my case. If I recall correctly there is an option, that I can set, that will make the whole row the "selected item back color" not just the item. Can someone tell me where this option is located, if this is correct.

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Go to "Grid" menu, click on "Select Mode", and select "Full Line."

HTH.

[quote=lucasd]

Go to "Grid" menu, click on "Select Mode", and select "Full Line."

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If you do change to this setting be aware of changes to the way selection and editing items works:

b) With Full Line selection, you can click anywhere on an item to select it. ~ Note that Full Line selection is very mouse-centric. Many navigation keys will not work in this mode: you have to double-click in a cell to edit - F2 and Tab key dont work; you cannot select an individual cell etc.

For a discussion of pros and cons of this setting see the forum thread [How do I] Simply Copy Text from a Field ?

From Item Copy & Paste - Selection - Drag & Drop

[quote=Tom]Note that Full Line selection is very mouse-centric. Many navigation keys will not work in this mode: you have to double-click in a cell to edit - F2 and Tab key dont work; you cannot select an individual cell etc.[/quote]

I haven't been able to reproduce this issue Tom, can anybody else confirm or explain in more details ?

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

I haven't been able to reproduce this issue Tom, can anybody else confirm or explain in more details ?

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I believe it was confirmed - but a good while back.

Will try it out again to test

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

I haven't been able to reproduce this issue Tom, can anybody else confirm or explain in more details ?

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the only thing that doesnt work here is the Tab key - that may be by design? I dont know

Arrow keys navigate from one cell to the next

I thought I posted in this thread but it might have been when I was experiencing problems.... Anyway : I can't reproduce the problems you mention, Tom. Not even the Tab key one. When I press tab there's a little rectangle moving from cell to cell, as expected. Isn't that what you see ?

[quote=Armando]I can't reproduce the problems you mention, Tom. Not even the Tab key one. When I press tab there's a little rectangle moving from cell to cell, as expected. Isn't that what you see ?[/quote]

as said no problems except with the tab key -

this is using clean install/sample file and I see now that the reason it doesnt work is that Use Tab key to indent is selected by default. So it's not a bug.

Is that an unusual default selection?

Maybe not, I'm not familiar with office software so it could be a well known shortcut...

The other problems were two years ago and can safely be buried.

I see. Using the tab key to indent is fine. I use alt+arrows instead so it liberates Tab... Tab is useful to navigate through the read only fields in the grid as arrows will skip them . Anyway... So if Tab to indent doesn't work in full line selection mode, I guess that there is a small bug there.

[quote=Armando]I see. Using the tab key to indent is fine. I use alt+arrows instead so it liberates Tab... Tab is useful to navigate through the read only fields in the grid as arrows will skip them . Anyway... So if Tab to indent doesn't work in full line selection mode, I guess that there is a small bug there.[/quote]

You misunderstood there Armando

I guess it's logical enough:

if the tab key is being used to indent - and clicking anywhere on an item selects it, the tab key will just indent.

So, no bug.

I never use the Tab key to indent, and was testing full row selection in a clean install which has that option turned on by default (which is what I query above)

Ah ! Ok. I didn't understand that it was a clean install, hence the meaning of your question. Yes, it seems like a weird default. I must admit that I didn't even know/remember that "tab to indent" option.

Thanks for the input, the link, [How do I] Simply Copy Text from a Field, is not active.

[quote=Al]

Thanks for the input, the link, [How do I] Simply Copy Text from a Field, is not active.

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true,

when you copy & paste a link here it (often) doesnt work

this will work - I see it's 2 years old now & pretty out-of-date & Pierre says the problems no longer exist so read with a pinch of salt and try for yourself!

[How do I] Simply Copy Text from a Field ?

(link fixed)

You can click on the # field (first column on the left) - this will select the full item which will give the desired effect.

Or you could add a customised shortcut to Menu: Item >Select - and use that to select the item, again full row will be highlighted