Highlighting records in the selected view of the attribute table allows you to work with a subset of your selected records. The original selection can be made by either selecting features in the view or selecting records directly in the table. You can change the table display to only show the selected records. Highlighting is when you create a new selection subset from the existing set of selected records in this selected view. By default, highlighted records appear yellow in both the table and the map or scene view. This default color can be changed from the Table tab of the project options.
The benefit of being able to highlight records within a selection set is that you are identifying specific features from an already defined subgroup. For example, you may have identified a set of invalid features in the attribute table. Once they're selected, zoom to the area on the map to view the invalid features. In the table's selected view, you can highlight any particular features being edited. In other words, you are highlighting specific features within a group to help your workflow and understand your data.
The highlighted row count for the table is reported at the bottom of the table view next to the selected row count of the table. Right-click the highlighted row count to copy it to the clipboard.
Highlight records from the attribute table
A selection is required to highlight a subset of records. Selection is persisted but highlighting is not. That is, if you close and reopen the map, or change the selection, the highlighting is cleared, but the selection remains.
- Open the attribute or stand-alone table you want to work with.
- Create a feature selection in the table or using other methods such as through a query or manually in the associated map view.
- In the table, click the Show selected records button
in the lower corner.The table view updates to show only the selected set of records. - Click the row header of the record you want to highlight. Optionally, right-click the row header to turn the highlight of the current record on and off by clicking Highlight/Unhighlight
. Both the row and the feature in the associated map or scene are highlighted.
- To highlight multiple records from the selection set, click the first row you want to highlight and drag the pointer over a series of records to highlight. If the records to highlight are not a continuous set, press Ctrl and click individual records to add them to the highlighted subset.
Work with highlighted records
The table toolbar contains a set of tools specific to working with highlighted records.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
Unselect Highlighted | Remove the highlighted rows from the current selection set. For example, if you have five selected records and three highlighted records, click Unselect Highlighted to remove the three highlighted records from the selection set. In this example, two selected records remain. |
Reselect Highlighted | Update the current selection set to select the highlighted records in the Show Selected Records view only and deselect all the other records. Use this tool to refine the selected set by limiting it to the records that are highlighted. |
Zoom To Highlighted | Center the map on the features in the highlighted records. This option is only available in tables that were opened from within a map or scene. |
Switch Highlighted | Switch the highlighted records. For example, if all records are highlighted, Switch Highlighted removes the highlight, but the records remain selected. If no selected records are highlighted, Switch Highlighted highlights all selected records. |
Clear Highlighted | Highlight is removed from all currently highlighted records, but the records remain selected. |
Delete Highlighted | Delete all highlighted records from the table. |
Copy Highlighted | Copy all highlighted records to the clipboard. |
