Chris, Dave,
On your last podcast (for the Amp Hour) you were ranting, as usual, about parametric searches and wanted to drop a hint you may not be aware of.
You can use the SHIFT or CTRL key to change your selection pattern. See attached PDF.
When you hold the SHIFT key down and press the mouse button you have selected a sequential list of choices (see first 2 screen shots in attached doc) I wanted a capacitor above 50volts but less than 200v so I held the SHIFT key down and mouse clicked on the first and last item within the range I wanted. I selected ‘apply’ and that voltage range was presented to me, as shown in second screen shot.
Later I decided I only wanted specific voltages, so I held the CTRL key down and mouse clicked on each of the specific values I was interested in, as shown in the third screen shot. The results are in the fourth screen shot.
The reason this works is that the selection values are presented to the user in an ‘ordered list’ and then the user’s selection is given to the underlying SQL statement that is used for the search.
SHIFT and CTRL will generally work with a lot of Windows/Mac/Linux applications on your desktop whenever an ‘ordered list’ is presented, but you will have to try it with the specific application. (Sorry I do not know the Mac keys for this)
My apologies for the exhaustive detail in my instructions but it is more difficult to explain via email or a post, versus a voice conversation.
Hope this makes life a little less ‘exciting’, as the Chinese curse goes.