Working in a grid DataWindow object – PB Docs 2017

• Resize columns

• Reorder columns

• Split the display into two horizontal scrolling
  regions

  You can use this feature to keep one or more columns
  stationary on the screen while scrolling through other
  columns.

• Copy data to the clipboard

These features are also available to your users

Users of your application can also manipulate columns in these
ways in a grid DataWindow object at runtime.

To resize a column in a grid DataWindow object

1. Position the mouse pointer at a column boundary in the
   header.

   The pointer changes to a two-headed arrow.

2. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse to
   move the boundary.

3. Release the mouse button when the column is the correct
   width.

To reorder columns in a grid DataWindow object

1. Press and hold the left mouse button on a column
   heading.

   PowerBuilder selects the column and displays a line
   representing the column border.

2. Drag the mouse left or right to move the column.

3. Release the mouse button.

To use split horizontal scrolling in a grid DataWindow
object

1. To divide the grid into two regions that can scroll
   independently of each other, position the mouse pointer at the
   left end of the horizontal scroll bar.

   

   The pointer changes to a two-headed arrow.

2. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse to
   the right to create a new horizontal scrolling border.

3. Release the mouse button.

   You now have two independent scrolling regions in the grid
   DataWindow object.

To copy data to the clipboard from a grid DataWindow
object

1. Select the cells whose data you want to copy to the
   clipboard:

   • To select an entire column, click its header.

   • To select neighboring columns, press and hold Shift,
     then click the headers.

   • To select non-neighboring columns, press and hold Ctrl,
     then click the headers.

   • To select cells, press the left mouse button on the
     bottom border of a cell and drag the mouse.

   Selected cells are highlighted.

2. Select Edit>Copy from the menu bar.

   The contents of the selected cells are copied to the
   clipboard. If you copied the contents of more than one column, the
   data is separated by tabs.