Editing Cells, Rows and Columns (SAP Library - Getting Started

Editing Cells, Rows and Columns

Use

To edit an input-enabled ALV grid control, without entering data, you can use the functions for cutting, copying and pasting that are available as standard.

Prerequisites

You can only use these functions to their full extent if the ALV grid control that you want to edit is input-enabled.

Note

You can copy cells that are not input enabled, but you cannot delete or overwrite them.

Procedure

Select the area of the table that you want to edit.

Depending on the application area, you can select the area in the same way as with ALV grid control that is not input enabled:

one or – if applicable – several cells

See Selecting and Deselecting Cells

one or several rows

See Selecting and Deselecting Rows

one or several columns

See Selecting and Deselecting Columns

Choose the required function from the extended application toolbar.

Function	Pushbutton	Information	Note
Cut		Firstly, the selected text is copied to a temporary storage location and then deleted from the selected area.	Cells that are not input-enabled are copied. However, they are not deleted afterwards.
Copy Text		The selected text is copied to a temporary storage location.

You have copied text into the temporary storage location.

You have the following options for pasting this text into another position in the ALV control grid:

Select	Choose	Pushbutton	Information
Those cells, rows or columns that are to be overwritten by the text in the temporary store.	Insert with Overwrite		The selected text is deleted. The text from the temporary storage location is inserted. If you have only selected one row, but cut or copied several rows, the text from the temporary storage location is inserted from the selected row onwards. This overwrites as many lines as have been saved in the temporary storage location.
The rows, before which the text saved in the temporary storage location is to be inserted in a new row.	Insert in New Row	-> Insert in New Row