List Box Functionality

Dialog boxes that contain long lists of information (such as the Organization dialog box) may have some or all of the following functionality.

 

Task	Action
Change the list’s sort key	Click the heading of the column to sort by; an arrow appears on the right side of the column heading to indicate that it is the sort key
Change a column’s sort order	Click the column heading; the sort arrow in the heading indicates whether the current sort is ascending or descending
Resize a column	Click the vertical line on the right side of a column’s heading and drag it left or right
Select a group of items	Click the first item, and then Shift-click the last item in the group
Select multiple items individually	Click the first item, and then Command-click (Macintosh) or Ctrl-click (Windows) each additional item
Select an item on the list	Type the first letter(s) of the desired item’s name
Edit an item on the list	Double-click the desired item
Open a context menu for an item on the list	Ctrl-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) the desired item
For lists with a Visibility column, set the same visibility for all items on the list	Option-click (Macintosh) or Alt-click (Windows) the desired setting