Using the mouse in viewEZ

Presented below is a list of operations you can perform in viewEZ using your mouse and keyboard.

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Click a view column (or shared column)

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Selects the view column

Note : clicking a view column a second time does not de-select it.
To de-select a view column, you need to click outside of it or Ctrl + Click it.

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Click a column header

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Selects all view columns of the design element

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Double-click on a view column

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Opens the properties dialog box for the selected view column (or shared column)

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Shift + Click on contiguous view columns

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Simultaneously select a range of view columns

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Ctrl + Click on noncontiguous view columns

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Simultaneously select a number of noncontiguous view columns

Note : You cannot move or copy several columns if they belong to different design elements

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Drag and Drop

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Move the selected view column

If you drag a shared column to a different design element, a new column will be created from the shared column

If you drag a view column and drop it in the Shared Columns column, it will create a new shared column, from the selected view column (it will automatically link this view column to the newly-created shared column)

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Shift + drag-and-drop

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Copy the selected view columns

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Right-click

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Contextual menu

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Ctrl + drag to resize view columns

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This action lets you resize all view columns at the same time in the Columns by Position in View and Columns by Link to Shared Columns tabs in viewEZ's Views window.

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TIP

You can drag & drop or copy / paste to and from different open viewEZ sessions.