Help:Standard-List Box
List Boxes are defined areas within the screen where file data is displayed in a table format. Most List Boxes have multiple columns of data per row. Each Column has the name of that column at the top of the column and each column is separated by a vertical line. Each row represents a specific entry in the related Data File and is normally displayed in a pre-determined sorted order.
Most of the time, all of the available display columns are within the viewing area of the List Box. If more columns are available, there will be an horisontal scroll bar at the bottom of the List Box. If there are more rows of data available than can fit on the screen, there will be a vertical scroll bar at the left of the List Box. These scroll bars follow the standard Windows useage convention.
Each column starts with a pre-set display width. This will not always accommodate the data in that column if it is larger than the display width. You are able to change the display width of each column by hovering the mouse on the vertical column separator line and dragging it with the left mouse button either to the right or to the left. This will change the column display for as long as the window is active. Once you close this window, any column width changes will return to their original pre-set positions.
The currently active row will be highlighted in Blue. You can highlight a row by moving the cursor to that row and pressing the Left mouse button. If you press the Right mouse button, not only will the row be highlighted, but any function buttons will appear in a selectible list to the right of the cursor. In many cases, but not all, double clicking the left mouse button while the cursor is in a row will select that row.
Sometimes there is a Locator field above the List Box to rapidly find a specific row in the data file.
There are additional standard key functions which are used to navigate the List Box:
Up Arrow: This will move the highlighted selection to the one just above the currented highlighted row.
Down Arrow: This will move the highlighted selection to the one just below the current highlighted row.
Left Arrow: This will move the displayed columns one position to the left.
Right Arrow: This will move the displayed columns one position to the right.
Page Up: This will display the previous page of entries.
Ctrl + Page Up: This will display the first page of entries in the Data File.
Page Down: This will display the next page of entries.
Ctrl + Page Down: This will display the final page of entries in the Data File.
