Data dragging

You can drag the data on the list into different data windows using a mouse. You can drag the selected item (the item with the cursor displayed) or an entire block of selected items.

How to drag an individual item

  • Place the cursor on the required item.

  • Left click the mouse button. A cursor will appear on the selected item.

  • Hold the mouse left button, and move the cursor on the screen. You can see the cursor changing its appereance according to the window it is currently in.

    • Closed hand: Is the shape of the cursor in the window from which you are dragging the item.

    • Open hand: Is the shape of the cursor in the window which can accept the dragged data (another list of the same type, calculation dialog window, etc.).

    • Cross: The cross appears if the mouse cursor is located on the desktop of the main program window.

    • Prohibited: The cursor has such shape if located on the desktop of a window, which isn't able to accept the dragged data.

  • If the cursor is located in the adjust window, release the left mouse button. The data will be transferred or coppied into the appropriate place.

How to drag a block of items

  • Select the required items from the list.

  • Place the cursor anywhere in the window from which you are dragging the data.

  • Press the central mouse button. If your mouse has only two buttons, press the left button along with the key <Shift>.

  • Hold the central (left) mouse button and move the cursor on the screen. Then continue as when dragging one item. Only some cursor appereances are different:

    • Closed hands: Is the shape of the cursor in the window from which you are dragging the item.

    • Open hands: Is the shape of the cursor in the window which can accept the dragged data (another list if the same type, calculation dialog window, etc.)

Data copying

If you drag the point from one list into another, they are deleted from the original list after the dragging. If you want to copy them (i.e. maintain them also on the original list), while releasing the mouse button hold the key<Ctrl>.

This can be applied only to drag into a list. The key <Ctrl> has no effect on dragging in the calculation windows because the point is never deleted from the list.

The measurements can not be dragged between the data windows. If you want to transfer or copy a measurement from one file into another, use copying via clipboard - function Edit->Transfer or Edit->Copy and Edit->Paste .