Special Task Panes

DBEdit includes several special task panes designed to simplify data viewing and editing.

• The Row Editor task pane lets you view and edit row values.
• The Cell Editor task pane enables you to view and edit multiline text values.
• The List Editor task pane allows you to view and select list values.
• The Table Description task pane displays table descriptions from a database.

You can toggle these task panes on and off using the Tools menu or shortcut keys, as illustrated below.

Row Editor Task Pane

The Row Editor task pane allows you to view and edit row values.

Here’s a sample:

To display the task pane after closing it, use the Show Row Editor button in the Tools menu.

Cell Editor Task Pane

DBEdit supports editing multiline values directly in cells.

The Cell Editor task pane lets you view and edit these multiline text values.

Here’s a sample:

You can customize the font family and font size.

When you save a changed value, DBEdit pastes it back into the cell.

To show the task pane if it’s closed, use the Show Cell Editor button in the Tools menu.

Note that DBEdit hides the task pane for simple values.

List Editor Task Pane

The List Editor task pane allows you to view and select list values.

Here’s a sample:

You can quickly find an item by typing a few characters in the search box.

Additionally, you can customize the font family and font size.

To display the task pane after closing it, use the Show List Editor button in the Tools menu.

Note that DBEdit hides the task pane for cells with simple values.

Table Description Task Pane

The Table Description task pane in DBEdit displays table descriptions.

Here’s a sample:

DBEdit combines the TRANSLATED_NAME, TRANSLATED_DESCRIPTION, and TRANSLATED_COMMENTS fields from the translation configuration tables and views.

For instance, developers can store table descriptions in multiple languages within the xls.translations table of the SaveToDB Framework.

DBEdit supports plain text, HTML, and Markdown formats.

Users must select a data language using the Tools menu.

To reload the description, use Data, Refresh All (Ctrl-Alt-F5) or Data, Refresh Selected... (Ctrl-Shift-F5).

To show the task pane if it’s closed, use the Show Table Description button in the Tools menu.