Row Navigator

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Row Navigator

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Row Navigator is used to navigate and edit a table. The Row Navigator typically appears as shown in the image below.

 

Row Navigator

Row Navigator

Navigation actions

Navigation buttons are used to move forward and backward through the rows within a table.

 

Button

Action

Description

row_first

First

Sets the current row to the first row in the table, disables the First and Prior buttons, and enables the Next and last buttons if they are disabled.

 

row_prev

Prior

Sets the current row to the previous row and enables the Last and Next buttons if they are disabled.

 

row_next

Next

Sets the current row to the next row and enables the First and Prior buttons if they are disabled.

 

row_last

Last

Sets the current row to the last row in the table, disables the Last and Next buttons, and enables the First and Prior buttons if they are disabled.

 

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Info Panel

The Info Panel display information indicating the current row number and total number of rows in a table.

 

Edit operations

Edit buttons perform a specific operation on the current table.

 

Button

Operation

Description

row_insert

New

Set the table into Insert state adding a new row before the current row.

 

row_edit

Edit

Puts the current row into Edit state so that it can be modified.

 

This control is seldom used as a tables state automatically changes to Edit when any value in a row is changed using a table editor or row inspector.

 

row_delete

Delete

Delete the current row and make the next row the current row.

 

row_post

Save

Write changes in the current row to the database.

 

row_cancel

Cancel

Cancel edits to the current row, restores the row to its condition prior to editing, and turns off Insert and Edit states if they are active.

 

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Bookmark

Mark a row so that you can return to that row using the Go to Bookmark button.

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Go to Bookmark

Go to a bookmarked row.