Changing list window columns and fonts

You can customize information displayed in list windows by adding or removing columns, moving columns, changing column contents, and more.

Changing fonts

1. Right-click a column heading and select Font Settings.

The Select Font dialog box opens.

2. Select the font settings you want to use and click OK.

The changes are applied to text in all list windows.

Adding columns

1. Right-click the column you want to add a column next to and select Insert Column.

An empty column is inserted to the left of the columns you selected.

2. Right-click the new column and select a field from the menu.

The column is added.

Changing column contents

1. Right-click the column heading you want to change.

A list of available fields is displayed.

2. Select a field.

The column heading changes to the field name and the selected field information is displayed.

Resizing columns

Move the cursor to the divide bar between the column headings and drag it to change the width of the column to the left.

Sorting columns

To sort items in the list based on values in the column, click a column heading. An arrow is displayed to indicate the sort order. An up arrow indicates ascending order and a down arrow indicates descending order. Click the column heading again to switch the sort order.
To sort items based on a secondary value, Shift+click another column heading. For example, you may want to sort issues based on product and then by type. A double arrow indicates the column is used as secondary sort criteria and the sort order. Shift+click the column heading again to switch the sort order from ascending to descending or vice versa.

Rearranging columns

Click the column heading you want to move and drag it to the new location.

Removing columns

1. Right-click the column heading you want to remove.

2. Select Remove Column from the shortcut menu.

Displaying totals for numeric columns

You can insert column footers to display the total value of numeric columns. This is helpful for quickly viewing release tracking information, such as estimated and actual hours, or coverage analysis information, such as total number of test cases.

1. Right-click the list window tab area.

2. Select Numeric Column Totals.

The column footer row is added to all list windows and displays totals for visible numeric columns.