Selections
Within the OMN, selections are needed in many places in order to perform certain actions. In the context of checkboxes, the following has already been described:
Checkboxes are used in many places, for example within tables, to select specific files. The user can make a single or multiple selection of certain files by clicking on the checkboxes and perform actions on exactly these in the subsequent step. For certain functions, such as downloads, assets must be selected beforehand in order for them to appear in the toolbar in the first place. Also for copy or move actions the files have to be selected before.
Selections can be executed both with and without checkboxes in views such as Tables, LightTable or SingleObject. The user thus has several options to choose from:
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mouse click (single selection)
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checkboxes (single or multiple selection)
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shortcuts (single or multiple selection)
Mouse click
The user can make a selection with a simple mouse click on a table row or an image. The selection is cancelled, as soon as another file is selected. Basically, multiple selection is only possible in combination with checkboxes or keyboard shortcuts.
Checkboxes
With the help of checkboxes a user can select single as well as multiple objects. It is important to select the checkbox directly, otherwise all other selections will be lost (single selection). Files can also be deselected with another click. In the table it is also possible to select all objects at the same time by clicking on the "Select all" checkbox in the table header. But the setting "Show checkboxes" must be active for this.
Shortcuts
Various keyboard shortcuts are available to the user to select multiple objects more quickly:
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All visible objects can be selected at the same time (Ctrl/Cmd + A)
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Individual objects can be selected/deselected (Ctrl/Cmd + click)
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All objects between an already selected object (otherwise from the first object) to the newly selected object can be selected (Shift + click on a row/checkbox with already selected objects)