Mouse and Motion Key Selection (SAP Library - MDM Data Manager Reference Guide: Part 1)

Mouse and Motion Key Selection

The MDM Client supports a wide variety of methods to select one or more items from a list, tree, or grid, as follows:

Mouse click	Deselects the existing selections, selects (or deselects) the item, and sets the anchor.
Mouse drag	Selects a group of items, and sets the anchor.
Shift + click	Deselects the existing selections and selects all items between the anchor and the clicked item without moving the anchor.
Ctrl + click	Selects (or deselects) the clicked item and sets the anchor while retaining existing selections.
Motion key	Deselects the existing selections, moves the selection highlight, and sets the anchor.
Shift + motion key	Extends the selection highlight without moving the anchor.
Ctrl + motion key	Splits off the current item highlight from a selected item for multi-item selection and moves the anchor while retaining the existing selections (figure below).
Space	Selects the current item while retaining existing selections.
Ctrl + Space	Selects (or deselects) the current item while retaining existing selections.
Seek	Typing characters deselects the existing selections, moves the selection highlight to the next matching list or tree item, and sets the anchor (for more information, see Typeahead Seek Selection).

Note

The list, tree or grid must have the focus in order to use the typeahead seek or motion-key selection methods.

The motion keys include the Left, Right, Up, and Down arrow keys, and PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Note

Splitting the current item from the selected item is useful when you want to select each of multiple non-adjacent items using Space instead of the mouse.