The attribute table

The desktop planner now has an attribute table, the way a desktop GIS has one. A layer's features are the rows and their attributes are the columns, and the table and the map follow each other: select a row and its feature lights up on the map, click a feature on the map and its row lights up in the table.

One table per layer

Press ▦ on a layer's row in Layers on the map, or press F. A drawing layer shows a row per feature: its name and every field you gave it, then what it is (point, line, area), its length and its area. A library item shown on the map shows its record: the name, category, date, kilometres, duration, tags and stars. A set of points shows a row per point, with its place. When several library items are on the map, Library layers on the map puts them all in one table, so you can sort them by length or compare their tags side by side.

Each open table is a tab, and ＋ opens another layer's.

Find, sort, filter

Press a column's name to sort by it. Under each name there is a filter: words the cell contains, = for an exact value, >, < and ranges such as 10..20 for numbers, and - for an empty cell. A field you typed numbers into sorts as numbers, so "9" comes before "12". The search box looks through every column shown, and ▥ chooses which columns show and in what order.

Linked to the map

The selected rows are drawn on the map in yellow. A click on a feature of a layer whose table is open selects its row, and Shift adds it to the selection. The table scrolls to it. You can also select with a box dragged on the map: the box is a map tool like Measure and Identify, one at a time, and Esc stops it. Zoom to selected and Show selected only work as you would expect.

Select one line and its elevation profile appears under the table, with its length, climb and descent. Pointing at the profile marks the spot on the line.

Editing, and the table manager

Enter or a double-click edits a cell, and ✎ sets one column of every selected row at once. On a drawing layer each edit is one undo step, so Ctrl Z takes it back, from the table or from the editor. The table manager adds a field to every feature of the layer, renames a field across the layer and deletes one.

A library item's name, description, tags and stars are saved straight to your library. If the item was changed on another device since the table read it, the table reads it again rather than overwriting it, and tells you.

Copy and CSV give you the rows and columns on screen, ready for a spreadsheet. A project keeps which tables are open and how their columns are set up.

The whole table works from the keyboard: Tab reaches it, the arrows move between cells, Space selects a row. All of it is in the desktop guide.