How to use Inline editing

Inline editing allows you to manipulate your data in a modern, user-friendly way.

What is Inline editing?

Inline Editing turns your many columns into a fast, focused workspace. Update several cells in place, review every change, and save them together. Spend less time opening forms and more time keeping data accurate.

Access Inline editing

Click Start inline editing above the columns to begin.

Navigation

Select a cell before copying, pasting, or editing its value.

With mouse

Hover over a cell, then left-click it to select it.

With keyboard

Use the arrow keys or numpad arrow keys to move between cells.

Press ENTER to select the active cell.

Press TAB to move right in the current row. At the row’s end, TAB moves to the next column.

Copy and paste

Copy a cell’s value, then paste it into another compatible cell. A dotted border marks copied cells.

With mouse

1. Right-click the source cell and select Copy.

2. Right-click the destination cell and select Paste.

With keyboard

1. Select the source cell and press CTRL + C.

2. Select the destination cell and press CTRL + V.

Select multiple cells

Select multiple cells to copy and paste values across compatible product types.

With mouse

Hold the left or right mouse button, then drag across the cells.

With keyboard

Hold SHIFT while navigating. This selects every cell between the start and end cells.

The active cell has a marker in its lower-right corner. Selected cells show the same marker.

Also

If you have selected one cell already. Hold CTRL and click another cell. This selects every cell between the original and new cell.

Edit

You can edit cells that are not marked as read-only.

With mouse

1. Double-click a cell to start editing.

2. Press the Save button to save the change.

3. Press the red Cancel button to discard the change.

With keyboard

1. Select a cell and press ENTER to start editing.

2. Press CTRL + ENTER to save the change.

3. Press ESC to cancel the change.

Press TAB to save the current edit and move to the next cell.

Review changes

Hover over the green marker in a cell’s upper-left corner to review its changes.

Finish inline editing

Click Stop inline editing to end the session.

If you made changes, choose one of the following actions:

• Click Save changes to keep all changes.

• Click Discard changes to remove all changes.

These actions appear below the columns after your first edit. A counter shows the number of changes and affected entities.