Browser Window Commands and Context Menu - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

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The commands for working with data in a Browser window are located on the TABLE tab on the MapInfo Pro ribbon. When the Browser window is floating the TABLE tab displays in the Browser with the following additional groups of commands: Browser Tools and Sort and Filter.

Browser Tools Group

The Browser Tools group is enabled when a Browser window is active. It provides access to these commands.

Icon Command Description
Info Displays tabular information about map objects.
HotLink Enabled when the Browser references a table containing hotlink data (URL).
HotLink Options Opens the Hotlink Options dialog box where you can add, remove and manage the Hotlink properties.
Pick Fields Choose which fields display in the active Browser window. You can also use Pick Fields to temporarily rename a column, creates a new column that will display in the Browser window, or edit the expression that defines an existing column.
Font Opens the Text Style Dialog Box where you select how to display the text in the Browser window.
Gridlines Show/Hide the Browser grid lines.

Sort and Filter Group

The Sort and Filter group is enabled when a Browser window is active. It provides access to these commands.

Icon Command Description
Filter Filter: Opens the Filter dialog box where you can set filter conditions for the column. A filter may consist of up to two conditions where each condition is built from a simple set of operations (such as equals, greater than, and so on) and some set of values. After applying a filter to a column, an icon displays in the column header to let you know that the column has a filter. You can apply as many column filters as the number of columns in the table up to a limit of 100. Each new column filter is appended to the previous filters to produce fewer records in the current view.

Clear Filter: Clears the filter conditions from the column and refreshes the Browser window. This only clears the filter on the right-clicked column; filters and sort on other columns are preserved. The Clear Filter command is enabled after you apply a filter condition to a column.

The Filter and Clear Filter commands are also available by right-clicking on a column in the Browser window.

Sort Sort Multi-Column: Opens the Sort dialog box where you would make selections to perform a multi-column sort in the Browser window.

Sort Ascending: Sorts the column containing text alphabetically starting from A to Z. This is also available by right-clicking on the column.

Sort Descending: Sorts the column containing text alphabetically starting from Z to A. This is also available by right-clicking on the column.

Clear Sort: Removes the sort that was applied to the data in the Browser window. This removes the sort from memory, so you cannot reapply the sort after making this selection.

Clear All Removes all sort and filters that were applied to the data in the Browser window. This removes the sort and filters from memory, so you cannot reapply them again after making this selection.
Sort On/Off Turns off a sort, so that you can view data as it appears in the table. After turning a sort off, you can turn it back on to view the sort result.
Re-Sort Reapplies the last sort/filter to the data in a Browser window. This is useful after making changes to the data or after turning the sort/filter on.
Add to Map Opens the Create Query dialog box which allows you to add a query with the current sort and filter conditions as a layer on the map.