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--- xtension_manual:lists [2017/02/24 17:07] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 By performing a control or right click in the headers of the list you can perform quite a bit of other customization. Any column in the List can be hidden by control clicking on it and selecting to Hide it. You can also hide the headers entirely for the list. You can re-enable them by control clicking in the content area of the list and selecting to show headers there. If any columns have previously been hidden you’ll be given the option of re-showing them under the Insert Column menu item.
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+  * **Insert Custom Column** You can insert a column to display the value of any [[dictionary:unitinformation:setunitproperty|Unit Property]]. Unit properties can be presented as text/numbers or as dates. They also support inline editing. Just click the custom column cell and you’ll be presented with either an edit field or a date edit panel if the property is a date. See [[:xtension_manual:customlistcolumns|Using Custom List Columns]] for more info. (Custom Columns were added in XTension version 9.4)
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 =====Controlling Units=====
-Double clicking a Unit will toggle it’s state. Clicking the Unit Indicator or Icon in the Name column brings up the [[xtension_manual:controllingunits|Popup Unit Control Window]] you can also bring this window up without the mouse by pressing the left arrow key with a Unit selected in the list. \\
+Use the Control column to toggle or control a unit. Double clicking on the unit in the list will also toggle the units state. Clicking the Value column or the unit state indicator jewel will bring up the Detailed Unit Controls with more options for uint controls including time frame settings. See the [[xtension_manual:controllingunits|Controlling Units From Lists]] article for more info.
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 You can also send an ON/OFF command for unit from the Contextual menu. Control or right click on a Unit and select “Turn ON” or “Turn OFF”.
 =====Editing Units=====
-You can jump directly to the selected units [[xtension_manual:editunitdialog|Edit Window]] by pressing the right arrow key or selecting “Edit” from the Contextual menu.
+You can jump directly to the selected units [[xtension_manual:editunitdialog|Edit Window]] by pressing the right arrow key, selecting “Edit” from the Contextual menu or using the Command-I "get info" menu short cut.
 =====The Unit List Contextual Menu=====
-Control or right clicking brings up the Contextual menu for the selected Unit:
+Control or right clicking on a Unit brings up the Unit contextual menu:
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   * **Show Headers** if you’ve previously hidden the headers of the List then the first item in the contextual menu will let you show them again. If you haven’t hidden the headers this menu item will not be visible.
   * **Edit** opens the [[xtension_manual:editunitdialog|Edit Window]] for this Unit.
   * **Edit On Script** and **Edit Off Script** jumps right to editing the ON or OFF script for the Unit.
   * **Show Unit Properties** opens the [[dictionary:unitinformation:getunitproperty|Unit Property]] display for the Unit.
+  * **Find This Unit** will open the Find dialog and being a search through all scripts and objects for any that reference this unit name.
+  * **Turn On** and **Turn Off** will send an on or an off to the selected Unit.
+  * **Block** or **UnBlock** blocks or unblocks the Unit.
+  * **Set Control Type** lets you change the type of control presented for this unit in the Controls column. This is just a shortcut to the same value that you can edit in the [[xtension_manual:editunitdisplay|Edit Unit dialogs “Display” tab]]. Current choices are: Toggle, Buttons, Text Field, Popup Menu and None.
   * **Make New List With Selection** You can create a new list and automatically include the selected Units from this list.
   * **Add Units to List...** Offers a sub-menu of the other lists so you can add the currently selected units to one.
   * **Make New Group With Selection** Creates a new Group with the selected units.
   * **Add Units to group...** Offers a sub-menu of already existing Groups so you can add the currently selected units to one.
-  * **Reset Zoom**, **Zoom In** and **Zoom Out** controls the zoom of the display in the window. The same as the identically named controls in the View menu.
   * **Remove Unit From List** if the list is not the Master List as in the example there will be another option to remove the unit from the list. If it’s the Master List being displayed you cannot remove a unit from it as all units are always displayed in the Master List.
   * **Delete Unit** will ask you if you’re sure you really want to permanently delete the selected units.
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 The next 2 icons indicate if the Unit has an ON script or OFF script. Clicking on them will open the Edit Script window for the Unit if the script already exists, or create a new script if it does not exist yet.\\
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-The last icon displays the battery level of the device, or is greyed out if the device does not support sending battery levels or doesn’t have a battery. Depending on the device there will be different amounts of information here. For X10 security devices or Oregon temp sensors that include the low battery flag if their battery starts to get low there are only 2 states, all green or all red. For more modern devices like ZWave battery sensors that send a percentage value that will be reflected in the drawing of the green portion of the battery in order to graphically give some more information.\\
+The fourth icon displays the battery level of the device. If the device does not support sending a battery level then this icon will be greyed out.Depending on the device there will be different amounts of information here. For X10 security devices or Oregon temp sensors that include the low battery flag if their battery starts to get low there are only 2 states, all green or all red. For more modern devices like ZWave battery operated sensors that send a percentage value that will be reflected in the drawing of the green portion of the battery in order to graphically give some more information.\\
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 If you mouse over the battery display a tool tip will popup showing you the actual percentage of the battery remaining if applicable.\\
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-Sorting the Flags column results in the various flags being grouped together so you could find all the low battery Units in a list easily that way. You can also get a list of units with the low battery flag set via the [[dictionary:lists:class|All Of Class]] Verb.
+You can also get a list of units with the low battery flag set via the [[dictionary:lists:class|All Of Class]] Verb.\\
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+The last column indicates if there is an error set for the unit. Not all devices support sending errors but modern devices like ZWave or ZigBee devices do. If the unit is unreachable for some reason the warning triangle will display and the tool tip will be the text of the error from the controller as well as the date and time when the error was set.\\
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+====Interface Column====
+The interface column shows the name of the Interface that the Unit is assigned to. It also shows a status indicator. If the interface is enabled and connected and appears to be operating normally the indicator will be green. If the interface is disabled the indicator will be grey. If the interface has been disconnected but has not yet exhausted it’s retries the indicator will be yellow. If the interface was not able to reconnect and has given up the color will be red.
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