In the Web Interface, lists have special handling to provide responsive display and scrolling of list items, even for lists containing thousands of items. A list can display up to 25 items at a time. It caches about 200 nearby items in the browser to accommodate scrolling up and down the list. As you scroll, the Web Interface loads nearby items to the cache and releases items further away from the currently displayed items.
The Web interface supports the familiar keyboard shortcuts for item selection: Shift+Click (consecutive items), Ctrl+Click (non-consecutive items), and Ctrl+A (all items). When you select an item, the Web Interface adds its information to a separate Selected Items cache. Selected rows are shaded light blue. Actions performed on the list apply only to items in the Selected Items cache.
Before you select items, use the Filter and Advanced Search options to reduce the list to the items of interest. Use the Sort function to group like items in the list to accommodate consecutive selection.
You can mouse over the list’s Tab title to show the following:
List Size: The total number of items in the list
Selected: The current number of selected items in the list
Use the following instructions to navigate the list and select items:
Use the Shift+Click action to select consecutive items in a list. Before you begin, use the sort option in column headers to group the items of interest and facilitate consecutive selection.
To select consecutive items in a list:
Click the first item of interest, press and hold the Shift key, and then click the last item of interest in the displayed list to add those consecutive items to the cached list of selected items.
(Optional) Scroll up or down to show the next set of deselected items, press and hold the Shift key, then make your next last item selection to extend the consecutive item selection. Repeat the scroll and selection process as needed.
(Optional) Mouse over the list’s Tab title to view the current count for the number of selected items.
Use the Ctrl+Click action to select non-consecutive items in a list.
To select non-consecutive items in a list:
Press and hold the Ctrl key, and then click each item in the displayed items that you want to add to the cached list of selected items.
(Optional) Scroll up or down to show the next set of deselected items, press and hold the Ctrl key, then make your next non-consecutive item selection. Repeat the scroll and selection process as needed.
(Optional) Mouse over the list’s Tab title to view the current count for the number of selected items.
The Ctrl+A action selects all of the currently loaded items in the list cache instead of selecting only the currently displayed items. After you select the loaded items, you will scroll through 140 to 200 selected items before you see the next set of deselected items.
To select all items in a list:
Mouse over the list’s Tab title to view the total number of items in the list.
The item count gives you an idea of how much scrolling is needed to load and select items.
Press Ctrl+A to select the currently loaded set of items and add them to the cached list of selected items.
Scroll up or down until you see the next set of deselected items.
Press Ctrl-A to add the currently loaded items to the cached list of selected items.
Mouse over the list’s Tab title to see the total item count and total selected item count. If they are the same, then all items in the list are selected.