To show/hide columns in a tab pane
You specify the columns that you are showing or hiding in a tab pane in the Select Columns dialog box. By default, when the dialog box first opens for a tab pane, the columns that are currently displayed are selected, and Select/deselect/restore all is either selected or completely filled. The Select/deselect/restore all option on the Select Columns dialog box is a tri-state checkbox. When the dialog box is opened for the first time for a tab pane, all the columns are selected for display, and the Select/deselect/restore option is also selected. After you make your column selections, then each subsequent time that the dialog box opens, the columns that have been selected for display are selected, those that have been hidden are deselected, and the Select/deselect/restore option is completely filled. If you click this option once, then all columns are shown in the tab pane in a single step and the select/deselect/restore option is selected. If you click the Select/deselect/restore option a second time, then all columns are hidden in the tab pane in a single step, and the option is cleared. If you click the Select/deselect/restore option a third time, then the last specified settings are restored, and a completely filled checkbox is displayed for the option.
1. Right-click the tab pane anywhere, and on the context menu that opens, click Load Columns.
A sub-menu opens that displays up to three options: Manually, Compact, and all the available configurations for the pane. The name of the user who created a configuration is displayed next to the configuration.
 | Compact displays the data columns in the pane in a more condensed view. To toggle the display, click Compact as needed. |
2. Click Manually.
The Select Columns dialog box opens.
3. If a column is to be hidden from view in the pane, then clear its selection; otherwise, leave it selected.
4. Optionally, to rearrange the column display, click the column number for a column, and then drag it to a new location in the list of columns.
| | This is identical to rearranging the data columns directly in a tab pane. See To rearrange the order of data columns. |
5. Click Apply to update the column display.
6. Click OK to close the dialog box.
The column preferences remain in effect even if you log out of and then log back into Geneticist Assistant. To restore the last specified settings, or display all columns in a single step, click the Select/deselect/restore all option as needed.