Administrator’s Guide

5-10 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Sorting and resizing columns (Mac OS)
You can sort information in a list by column or you can change the
width of a column to display more text.
To sort items in a list, click a column heading.
The column heading darkens and the triangle control above the
scrollbar indicates the current sort order of the selected column.
To reverse the sort order in the selected column, click the triangle
control.
The sort order in each tabbed screen is retained when you click
between Folders, Files, and Guests.
To unsort the list, click the heading of the sorted column to deselect
it.
To resize the width of a column, place the pointer over a column
heading border. When the pointer changes to , drag it horizontally.
Selecting information and scrolling in lists (Mac OS)
The following table describes keyboard shortcuts for selecting and
scrolling information in lists.
Click this tab To see
Folder A list of the database files hosted by FileMaker Server
grouped by the folder in which they reside. Also included is
the number of files in each folder.
Files A list of the database files hosted by FileMaker Server. Also
included is the status (Open, Opening, Closing, Backing up, and
so on) and the number of guests connected to each database.
Guests A list of FileMaker Pro guests accessing the database files
hosted by FileMaker Server. Also included is the network
protocol used by each guest, each guest’s network address,
length of time guests have been connected, and their inactive
time.
Click to
expand or
collapse a
list
Click a tab to display a different
view of databases or guests
Click to reverse the
sort order of the list
based on the
selected column
Click a column heading to sort the list
by that column. Sort order is indicated
by the triangle above the scrollbar
This
symbol Indicates the selected column is sorted in
Ascending order (A–Z, 0–n, or shortest to longest for time
durations)
Descending order (Z–A, n-0, or longest to shortest for time
durations)
Use this shortcut To do this
Click an entry Select a row
Double-click an entry Switch to the tab for that entry and scroll to display the
selected entry in the new tabbed screen. For example,
if you double-click a filename in the Folders tab, the
display changes to the Files tab and scrolls to show the
file.
Shift-click another entry Extend the current selection
2-click another entry Deselect the entry, if it was selected, or select the entry
without including entries between it and your original
selection
C Select the row above the current selection