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patibandla

selecting multiple elements in the array to delete

Status: New

 

 

Problem:

I faced to delete multiple elements form the array which is having 20 steps.

 

solution:

if able to select multiple elements by holding the shift key we can delete selected items 1 time and can insert 1 time.

 

 

Array element.png

 

 

7 Comments
PaulG.
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I'm surprised we can't do this already.

PaulG.

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We can't even do it on a control!

donkdonk
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Array editing in general should be improved. Similar suggestions on improving array editing have been done before on this forum.

I personally would like to have array editing similar to editing in excel:

Easily select a range or area (for 2-d arrays) by mouse or shift-arrow then delete/insert/shift rows/columns etcetera.

Copy pasting to/from excel would then also be more intuitive (at least for those using excel).

pauldavey
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You can edit arrays by right-clicking on the array indexes and choosing "start selection", "end selection". Choose "show selection" to see a blue framing of all selected cells.  Change the indexes to specify where to start/end selection.

donkdonk
Member

"You can edit arrays by right-clicking on the array indexes and choosing "start selection", "end selection". "

 

This is exactly what I think is a cumbersome procedure. As said before, excel does a much better job in selecting/deleting/inserting.

Manzolli
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It would be nice to have ability to select multiple elements in a easier way, then do many operations like copy, cut, delete, paste, etc. Kudos!

André Manzolli

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billko
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I just ran into this issue myself.  Kudos given!

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