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4.2  Different types of field - lists

As well as simple text and menus, you can store lists of other records in a field - e.g. you could add a field to an "Experiment" record to hold a list of "Results" or "Analyses".

The "Folder" class has a field called "Contents" which contains a list of other records:

Viewing a list of records



Adding a record to a list

You can add items to the list with the "+" button on the bottom left, and there's a right-click menu (ctrl-click on Mac) for deleting items and reordering them.

Expanding a list in 'spreadsheet mode'

Press the small button on the bottom right to expand out the list contents as a spreadsheet-like table view:

Viewing the contents of a list as a Table



This is similar to editing the values using a spreadsheet, but you can add and rename columns using the mouse. Other spreadsheet operations (like copy / paste) are also available. See the section on Spreadsheet Mode for more details. The "List View" button on the bottom right toggles the view back to the simpler list view.

Full screen spreadsheet mode

Click on the "Expanded Table View" button to fill the window:

Click the Expanded Table button to make the list fill the window


The expanded view give you more space to edit the table contents.

The expanded table view


The small button at the bottom right toggles back to the normal view.


See also the reference pages on adding List fields.