Performing tasks related to views

You can perform various tasks that are related to views.

To Browse Objects in the Tree View

  1. Expand or collapse the hierarchy under a particular object node in the tree.
  2. Click the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) icon next to that node.
  3. Alternatively, you can use the down arrow, up arrow, and right arrow keys to browse the tree using the keyboard.

To display the objects in an object group listed in the object tree

  1. Browse to the object group and then select the object.
  2. Select the object by clicking the object group or browsing to the object group and pressing the Enter key. All objects that belong to the selected object group appear in a tabular view on the right.

    If a non-group or leaf object that does not contain any objects is selected, then the properties of the object are displayed instead of the contained objects.

To sort the objects in tabular view by a specific property

  1. Click the appropriate property column header.
  2. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again.

To resize a table column

  1. Place the pointer over the line that divides the column headings.
  2. Press and hold the mouse button to drag the column divider to the desired position.

To resize the left pane (tree) and right pane (tabular view)

  1. Place the pointer over the vertical splitter.
  2. Press and hold the mouse button to drag the splitter to the desired position.