Add and change content in tables

In most windows and standard tables in ACE Admin you can choose how you want to work. What you can do by clicking on a button or achieved with a function key is often also found in context menus.

  • The menus are opened with a right-click and via the context menu key on your keyboard.
  • The content of the menus vary depending on if you click on the table header or elsewhere.
  • The menus contain options such as Add, Delete, Edit depending on what is applicable for the current part of a table.
  • In some tables you find the Gridlines option. If selected, you see the table’s rows and columns in a grid. If left unselected, every other line has a deviant background colour.

To add something in a standard table you have the option to choose between

  • pressing the Insert key,
  • double-clicking in the first empty row of the table, from the top,
  • right clicking on the cell to open the context menu for standard tables and then selecting Add,
  • if there is a pull-tab at the bottom, opening it and clicking on the button.

To change something in a standard table you have the option to choose between

  • pressing the F2 function key when the row is in focus,
  • double clicking on an editable cell,
  • right clicking on the cell to open the context menu for standard tables and then selecting Change,
  • if there is a pull-tab at the bottom, opening it and clicking on the button.

Then, when you add something or change the existing values you can do that in

  • text fields – boxes where you enter a short text,
  • drop-down lists – where you select from fixed values,
  • thumb wheels – a control for numerical values where you scroll to a figure, You can also hold down the shift key when the value is increased step by step, thereby increasing the stride by 10.
  • checkboxes – ticked by a single click or by pressing the Spacebar.