Working with topic tables

Topic table is perhaps the most general GUI element in Wandora. Wandora uses topic tables to view topic collections such as search results, classes, instances and associations. Topic table contains a set of topic cells each representing single topic. Typically a topic is represented as a base name in the table cell. If you are familiar with any spreadsheep application such as Microsoft Excel you may find it useful to think topic table similar to limited spreadsheet where each cell does not contain number, formula, string etc. but a topic.

Topic table allows you to select one or more cells in the table. This feature is extremely powerfull as it enables Wandora user to specify what topics are subject to change if a tool is executed. Topic table selection is created clicking the cells in table. Selection with multiple topics is created holding SHIFT or CONTROL key down while clicking the cells. SHIFT key creates continuous selections while CONTROL allows to select distict cells. Another and maybe more intuitive method to create selections beyond single topic is to drag mouse while mouse button is pressed down. Wandora has also more sopisticated selection methods. These methods locate in Edit > Select menu and are

• Select all
• Select row(s)
• Select column(s)
• Deselect
• Invert selection
• Select topics without associations
• Select topics without text datas
• Select topics without base names
• Select topics without classes
• Select topics without instances
• Select topics without A+I
• Select topics with SL
• Select topics with typed associations
• Select topics with clipboard identifiers
• Select topics with clipboard regexes
• Select topics with clipboard regex finders