Restoring filter criteria from the last Find

ALT key to restore criteria

Using the alt key you can retain the last set of filter criteria for the current list. Different filter sets will be retained for different lists of records.

Filter tasks

For this example we are going to filter a tasks list. Start by clicking the Find button

Set the filter criteria

Set the filter criteria and click the Confirm button

The filtered set of tasks

All records that match the filter criteria are now displayed in the list.
Whenever you perform a Find operation, the set of filter criteria that you specified are automatically saved and can be used again when you return to this list view in the current session. This does not work however once you log out - if you want to save a set of filter criteria for use in future sessions you can do that too by using the Save button once you have set up your criteria. There is a separate lesson on saving and loading saved sets of filter criteria.

Run the same filter again (using the Restore button)

When you return to the same list you can re-run the last used filter by clicking the Restore button on the filter panel - this will show automatically if there is a saved set of filter criteria for the current list.

Even better, the filter criteria is retained even if you navigate away from this form and come back to it later. Just use the Restore button to reload the last used criteria for the form.

Run the same filter again (using the ALT key)

You can also run the same filter again by using alt-click on the Find button. This will reload the last filter criteria you used on this form.

Even better, the filter criteria is retained even if you navigate away from this form and come back to it later. Just use alt-click on the Find button to reload the last used criteria for the form.