Change the list’s sort key

Click the heading of the column to sort by; an arrow appears on the right side of the column heading to indicate that it is the sort key

Change a column’s sort order

Click the column heading; the sort arrow in the heading indicates whether the current sort is ascending or descending

Resize a column

Click the vertical line on the right side of a column’s heading and drag it left or right

Select a group of items

Click the first item, and then Shift-click the last item in the group

Select multiple items individually

Click the first item, and then Command-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows) each additional item

Select an item on the list

Type the first letters of the desired item’s name

Edit an item on the list

Double-click the desired item

Open a context menu for an item on the list

Ctrl-click (Mac) or right-click (Windows) the desired item

For lists with a Visibility column, set the same visibility for all items on the list

Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the desired setting

Display lists in hierarchical order

Classes can be displayed in hierarchical order (up to four levels). To enable or disable hierarchical display of classes on pop-up menus including from the Object Info palette, the View bar, and dialog boxes, see Vectorworks Preferences: Session Tab.

On the Classes tab of the Organization dialog box and the Navigation palette (Vectorworks Design Series required), display options are saved separately. See Displaying Classes in Hierarchical Order.