Shortcuts for Table Navigation

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Table Navigation Keys

Navigation keys in a table alter the region of selected cells. The region of selected cells is a rectangle determined by two corner cells: The Anchor Cell, and the Current Cell. If only one cell is selected, the Anchor and the Current cells are the same cell.

The navigation keys in Analytica 4.0 have been altered to act like those in Excel, to the extent that this makes sense. CTRL-PgUp and CTRL-PgDn are exceptions.

  • arrow (right,left,up,down): Moves the Anchor cell in the indicated direction by one cell. Sets the Current Cell to be the new Anchor (so only one cell is selected). Wraps to next row/col. When in the last cell of an index and in edit mode, down or right appends an element to the index.
  • SHIFT-arrow: Moves the current cell by one in the given direction. Anchor cell stays put, causing the selected region to grow or shrink. Does not wrap.
  • CTRL-arrow: Moves the anchor cell to the end of row or column in the given direction. Sets the current cell to be the new anchor (so only one cell is selected).
  • SHIFT-CTRL-arrow: Moves the current cell to the end of row or column in the given direction, causing the selected region to grow (or flip).
  • END,arrow: Two key sequence. Same as CTRL-arrow.
  • END,SHIFT-arrow: Two key sequence. Same as SHIFT-CTRL-arrow.
  • HOME: Moves the anchor to the first column, and sets the current cell to be the anchor (so only one cell is selected). If you are in the row headers, moves the anchor & current to the first row.
  • CTRL-HOME: Moves the anchor and current to the first row and first column, so only the top-left cell in the table is selected.
  • SHIFT-CTRL-HOME: Moves the current to the first row & column, thus selecting everything between the anchor and the current.
  • CTRL-END: Moves the anchor and current to the last row and last column, so only the bottom-right cell in the table is selected.
  • Page Up, Page Down: Move the anchor cell down by the number of rows that fit in the current window, and scroll vertically by one page. Set the current to the anchor, so only one cell is selected.
  • CTRL-Page Up, CTRL-Page Down: Move the anchor cell horizontally by the number of columns tha tfit in the current window and scroll horizontally. Set the Current to the Anchor, so only one sell is selected. Note: This is not the same as Excel. In Excel, CTRL-PgUp, CTRL-PgDown toggle between worksheets. Since we don't have worksheets, I've assigned this combination to something else useful.
  • SHIFT-Page Up, SHIFT-Page Down: Moves the Current cell by the number of rows or columns that currently display on the screen, and scroll vertically by one page. Anchor stays the same, so that the currently selected region expands or shrinks by one page length.
  • SHIFT-CTRL-Page Up, SHIFT-CTRL-Page Down: Same as SHIFT-Page Up, but horizontally rather than vertically.
  • TAB: Same as right arrow.
  • SHIFT-TAB: Same as left arrow.
  • ENTER, SHIFT-ENTER: If editing, accept change, selection remains on cell just edited. If not editing, but in edit mode, current cell becomes anchor cell and begin editing that cell.
  • RETURN: If editing, accept changes. Move anchor down one cell, wrapping to top of next column if anchor is at the bottom. Set current cell to anchor (so only one cell is selected). If not editing, just move, do not start editing.
  • SHIFT-RETURN: If editing, accept changes. Move anchor cell up one cell, wrapping to bottom of previous column if at top. Set current to anchor, so only one cell is selected.
  • CTRL-F: Bring up a Find-dialog to find a string within the table. The search starts at one cell after the top-left cell in the selected region. The anchor & current are set to the next occurrance found, if any, so the single cell is selected.
  • CTRL-G: Repeat the previous Find, starting one cell after the top-left cell in the selected region.
  • Mouse Click: A single click in a cell sets the anchor and current to that cell.
  • Mouse SHIFT-Click: Sets the current cell, selecting the rectangle between it and the previous Anchor.
  • Mouse Drag: The cell where the drag is initiated (where the mouse is depressed) becomes the anchor. The cell where it is released becomes the current. A region of cells is thus selected.
  • Mouse Wheel: Scrolls vertically without changing the selection.
  • CTRL-Mouse Wheel: Scrolls horizontally without changing the selection.
  • CTRL-A: Select all (body) cells. If a row/col header is selected, selects all rows/cols.
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