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title: The grid
description: edit cells, search, filter, and undo
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The grid is the main view of a project. Each row is a record. Each column is a field.

## Editing

Click a cell to select it. Type to replace its content, or press Enter to edit in place.
Copy, cut, and paste work across one cell or a selected range, including between qrate and
other spreadsheet apps.

Every edit goes on the undo stack, including row and column changes. Press **Ctrl+Z** to
undo and **Ctrl+Shift+Z** (or **Ctrl+Y**) to redo. Undo and redo also cover adding,
removing, and reordering rows and columns, so a structural change is as safe to try as a
cell edit.

## Rows and columns

Right-click a row or column header for a menu to add, remove, rename, freeze, or reorder
it. A frozen row or column stays in view while you scroll.

## Search and replace

Open search with **Ctrl+F**. Search moves through matching cells in the grid. Open replace
with **Ctrl+H** to replace one match or all matches at once.

## Filtering

Click the filter icon in a column header to open its filter. It lists every distinct value
in that column as a checklist. Uncheck a value to hide the rows that hold it. The grid
shows only rows that pass every active column filter at once.

Filtering hides rows. It does not change or delete data, and it does not affect export or
diagnostics, which both still see every row.

## Gallery view

Switch the grid to a gallery of thumbnails from the view menu. The gallery shows one tile
per row, using the file or photo linked to that row. It is a way to review a collection by
image instead of by cell, useful for photo collections in particular.

## Notes

Right-click a cell and choose **Add note** to attach a free-text note to it. A cell with a
note shows a small corner marker. Notes are for your own reviewing use. They are not
exported.