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About Grids
Many tabs in this application include grids. These grids
are designed to enhance productivity by primarily using keyboard entry.
To Filter a Grid
To Move Between Fields in a Grid
To move forward between fields, press the Tab
key.
To move backward between fields, hold down Shift and press
Tab.
Note
In newer grids, a red triangle appears in any cell with
information added or edited when the information has not been saved.
To Save the Contents of a Grid
When you make changes to a grid, a red arrow appears
in the field you changed until you click the Save button to save your
changes.
Please refer to the help topic for specific grids for
any special behavior when saving information in a grid.
To Select a Field in a Grid
Click in a field with your mouse, or tab to the grid
field and press Enter.
For grids with links,
if you click on a link, the link changes color to indicate that you visited
that link before.
For example, on the Check
Runs grid, if you click on a link in the Check Runs ID column,
the Check Run tab displays; if you return to the grid (before the browser
is cleared), the link color is different. This indicates that previously
you clicked on that Check Run ID, which opened the Check Run tab.
To Sort a List in a Grid
To sort the contents of the grid based on the title,
click a column title.
Note
Column titles in list grids are set up to be sorted.
When lists in grids are long, sorting allows you to quickly locate an
entry.
Newer grids support multi-column sorts. Each column has
three sort states: natural (unsorted), ascending 
and
descending 
. You can click columns one after another and
they multi-sort. For example, you can click on the first column in a grid,
and then click on the second column and a third column, and the grid becomes
ordered—by the first column, then second column, then third column.
If there is no sort indicator ( ), then the column is in its natural, unsorted state. Because
multi-sort is possible, if there are sort indicators showing, it is necessary
to “unsort” all columns you do not want to sort by. For example, if multiple
columns show a sort indicator, you must “unsort” the other sorted columns
and leave the column you want to sort by in a sorted state, either ascending
or descending.
An example of a newer grid is the Clear BOD grid.
To Use Grid Pagination
Controls
To Use Virtual Scrolling (Snap-ins Only)
All grids use pagination controls with the exception
of the grids in snap-ins, which use virtual scrolling. Virtual
scrolling is a grid feature that can display records in a grid without
paging. Instead, a vertical scroll bar appears. When scrolling with the
vertical scroll bar, the grid automatically loads and refreshes the existing
records.
To Use Entry Grid Additional Functionality
Two types of grids exist: list grids and entry grids.
Entry grids have additional functionality, as explained
below.
To Create a New Line
On entry grids, press the Tab or Enter key in a field
to create a new line. The system automatically starts the next line and
frequently defaults the first few fields; for example, a sequential line
number and date.
To Use Drop-Down Lists
Some fields within entry grids provide a drop-down
list of items from which to select.
To open a drop-down list when in a field, press the Tab key. If the field is empty and required or has
an incorrect field value, a drop-down list displays automatically.
Enter a value into the field and the drop-down list displays
the items that match the value. If no match is made, all items display.
To navigate the drop-down list, use the Tab
key, up and down arrow keys, the scroll bar, or the mouse.
To select an item from the drop-down list, press the
Enter key or double-click on the item you want
to select.
Grids with Links
On grids with links, if you click on a link, the link
changes color to indicate that you visited that link before. For example,
on the Clear BOD grid, if you
click on a link in the Property ID column, the Check Run tab displays;
if you return to the grid (before the browser is cleared), the link color
is different. This indicates that previously you clicked on that Check
Run ID, which opened the Check Run tab.
Note
The system to remembers your sort order, filters, and
scroll position for grids during your browser session. If you log out,
this information is stored in the browser until you close the browser.
If you change the current property or database, however, the information
will be cleared as it is no longer relevant.
See Also
Using
Buttons and Links