Multiselection (Property)

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Multiselection (Property)

In french: Multisélection

The Multiselection property gets and sets the selection mode:

in a Table control.
in a TreeView Table control.
in a List Box control.
in a Looper control.
in a Calendar control.

Example

// Changes the selection mode based on the value of the Check Box control
IF CBOX_MultiSel = True THEN
TABLE_Table1.Multiselection = True
ELSE
TABLE_Table1.Multiselection = False
END

Syntax

Getting the selection mode Hide the details

<Selection mode> = <Control used>.Multiselection

<Selection mode>: Boolean

True if the control allows for multiple selection,
False if the control is single-selection
For Table and TreeView Table controls: Only the selection mode of the rows is taken into account. The selection mode of the columns and cells is ignored.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used:
Table control.
TreeView Table control.
List Box control.
Looper control.
Calendar control.

Changing the selection mode Hide the details

<Control used>.Multiselection = <New selection mode>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used:
Table control.
TreeView Table control.
List Box control.
Looper control.
Calendar control.

<New selection mode>: Boolean

True if the control must allow for multiple selection,
False if the control must be single-selection. If the control switches to single-selection while several elements are selected, only the first selected element is kept.
For Table and TreeView Table controls: Only the selection mode of the rows changes. The selection mode of the columns and cells does not change.

Remarks

Limitations for the Calendar control

In a Calendar control, the Multiselection property can only be used to switch from single-selection mode to multi-selection mode . If the "Range selection" mode is selected in the editor ("Details" tab of the control description window), the Multiselection property has no effect.

Limitations

The Multiselection property has no effect:

on editable Table controls without selection: it returns False.
on read-only Table controls without selection: it returns False.
on "5.5-compatible" Table controls.

The Multiselection property can be used with the following controls:

Table control.
TreeView Table control.
List Box control.
Looper control.
Calendar control.