Selecting and excluding segment types and layouts

By default, all segment types in a template are initially selected in the view. Because of this, the usual way of specifying which segments are selected for viewing is to exclude the unwanted segments.

You can exclude a segment type from display via the View Entry Panel or on the fly in an Edit or Browse session.

To exclude a segment type via the View Entry panel:

  1. Follow the instructions in Editing a view to display the Segment Selection panel.
  2. Enter an S in the Cmd field adjacent to each selected segment type that you want to exclude.

    The S command toggles the selection on or off, depending upon its current status. An asterisk is shown in the Sel column for each segment type that is selected. To re-select an excluded segment, enter the S command again.

To exclude a segment type via the Database Positioning panel:

  1. Follow the instructions in Editing a view to display the Database Positioning panel.
  2. Enter an X in the Cmd field adjacent to each selected segment type that you want to exclude.

    The X command toggles the selection on or off, depending upon its current status. An 'X' is shown in the SXE column for each segment type that is selected. To re-select an excluded segment, enter the X command again.

To exclude a segment layout:

  1. From the Segment Selection panel or Database Positioning panel, enter an E in the Cmd field adjacent to a multi-layout segment type.
  2. Enter an S in the Cmd field adjacent to each selected segment layout that you want to exclude.

    The S command toggles the selection on or off, depending upon its current status. An 'S' is shown in the SIE column for each segment layout that is selected.

When there are a large number of segment types or segment layouts in your view and you only want to select a few, you can exclude all the segment types in one action, and then re-select only those you want to include.

  1. In any panel, enter SELECT ALL OFF in the Command line.
  2. Enter S or X in the Cmd field adjacent to each segment type or layout that you want to include.

To re-select all segment types or layouts, enter SELECT ALL in the Command line.

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