Orientation, Grids, Selecting Rows
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You may select individual or multiple rows (records).

To Select a Row

To select a single row

Click on the Row Selector (usually the first column) of the row you wish to select. The row will become highlighted.

To select multiple rows next to each other

Click on the first row's row selector to select it, e.g. click on row 1.

Hold Shift and click the last row's row selector, e.g. row 3. All rows selected will be highlighted including the first and last selection and all rows in between, e.g. rows 1, 2 and 3 have been highlighted.

Grids, Select Multiple Rows Together

To select multiple disjointed rows

Click on the first row's row selector to select it, e.g. click on row 1.

Whilst holding Ctrl on the keyboard, click row selectors for other rows you which to select. The rows will be shown with a highlighted background, e.g. select row 1, then hold down Ctrl and click on row 3, this will only select rows 1 and 3.

You can unselect rows by clicking on them again.

Grids, Select Disjointed Rows

Button Strip

Some grids allow you to manipulate the data. A good example of this is Bank or Transaction Entry grids, where you can add, delete or move rows. These buttons below the grid allow you to do this simply.

IconDescription
Grid Row Insert
To Insert a row before the selected row
Row Delete Button
To Delete the selected row
Grid Row Up Button
To move the selected row up one
Grid Row Down Button
To move the selected row down
Select All
To select all rows
Select None
To de-select all rows
Select Up
To select all rows above and including the current row
Select Down
To select all rows below and including the current row

Not all grids allow you to select records or multiple records.