Selecting Network Objects on the Grid View

When a row is selected on a Network Object Grid Window the network object it represents becomes selected. Selected network objects are represented by a red box in the left hand column of the grid.

Selecting rows

To select a whole row or rows in a Network Object Grid Window

• Click the box on the left of the row.
• Press the left mouse button on the left of a row and drag the mouse while holding the left button to select a contiguous group of rows.
• Click the left of a row and while holding the Shift key, click on another column to select a contiguous group of rows.
• Click on the left of one or more rows while holding with the Ctrl key to select non-contiguous rows.
• Deselect rows by holding the Ctrl key and clicking a row that is already selected.

To select the entire grid, click the top left cell.

Working with selected objects

Once a selection has been made in the grid, the following operations can be carried out on the selected objects:

• To move the selected network objects to the top of the grid, choose Group network selections at top of grid from the Grid menu.
• To re-highlight the selected rows, choose Highlight network selections from the Grid menu.
• To clear the network object selections on the current grid only, choose Clear current network selection from the Grid menu. (To clear all network selections choose Clear selection from the Selection menu).

Note: You can select individual cells or groups of cells on the Grid Window without it affecting the network object selection. You just cannot select entire rows.

The picture above shows a number of selected network objects (red markers) with a separate block of selected cells.

Displaying a Grid Window of selected objects

It is very easy to open Grid Windows that only display objects that are currently selected.

To open a grid showing only currently selected objects

1. Hold the CTRL key.
2. Click (Grid Windows) on the Windows toolbar and select the appropriate grid option.

OR

3. Directly select the appropriate grid option from the Asset Grid Windows Toolbar

The grids will display only those objects that were selected when the grids were first opened. The displayed objects will not change if the object selection is subsequently changed.