| Grid-Like Views | |
Grid-like view uses standard Windows system control and customize it to behave like a grid. Most of the Windows standard operations also apply to XmlShell's grid-like views. The following views are based on grid-like view:
To locate a node back in the tree, just click on the node icon. XmlTree will automatically expand all the parents and show the node in bold. This operation does not change the selection in XmlTree view.
Sorting in grid-like views is only for displaying purpose. It does NOT change the actual XML document. Users can click on any column header to sort the column ascendingly. Clicking on the same column header again to sort it descendingly. Clicking again to remove sorting.
All the grid-like views feature grid-like in-place editing. To start editing, use one of the following methods:
To end editing and accept changes, use one of the following methods:
To end editing and discard changes:
Every single change to the nodes can be undone before the grids gets repopulated from Editor view. This functionality is accessible through one of the following methods:
Multiple selection works the same way as the standard Windows system control. The selection is row-based only. You can use either mouse or keyboard to do multiple selection.
Use mouse to do multiple selection:
Use keyboard to do multiple selection:
You can drag from grid-like views and drop to XmlTree view. Grid-like views do not accept drop.
The following mouse operations are specific to XmlShell:
Most of the standard keyboard operations should work just as users expect. The following is a simple summary:
All grid-like views use the following configuration keys: