11.1.3. Trees, tables, and context menus¶
Data in the GUI is organized in trees and tables. The context menu can be obtained with a right-click. The context menu of a tree has the following entries:
Cut - for copying the selection to the clipboard
Copy - for copying the selection to the clipboard and then deleting it
Paste - for pasting the content of the clipboard at the selected position
Select all siblings - for selecting all items in the tree that are siblings of the currently selected item
Invert selection - for selecting all unselected siblings of the currently selected items
Delete - for deleting the selected items
Expand - for expandig the selected items
Collapse - for collapsing the selected items
Rename - for renaming an item
Move up - for moving the selected items up
Move down - for moving the selected items down
Add item before - for adding an item before the selected item. If it is not clear whether a sibling or a child should be created the GUI opens a dialog and asks you what you want.
Add item after - for adding an item after the selected item. If it is not clear whether a sibling or a child should be created the GUI opens a dialog and asks you what you want.
Depending on the selection and the nature of the tree some options can be disabled.
Tables also have a context menu with following items:
Cut - for copying the selection to the clipboard
Copy - for copying the selection to the clipboard and then deleting it
Paste - for pasting the content of the clipboard at the selected position
Select all - for selecting all rows in a table
Invert selection - for inverting the selection
Clear cells - for clearing the content of selected cells
Remove rows - for removing the rows holding seelcted cells
Move rows up - for moving rows with selected cells up
Move rows down - for moving rows with selected cells down
Add row before - for adding a row before every row with selected cells
Add row after - for adding a row after every row with selected cells
Depending on the selection and the nature of the table some options can be disabled.
Single item selection in trees and tables can be made by clicking on an
item. Multiple items can be selected by holding down Ctrl
and clicking
items. A range can be selected by clicking on the first item in a range,
holding Shift
, and then clicking the last item in a range.