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select visible

To mark all items currently shown on the current page as selected, excluding hidden items and items on other pages.

In plain English

This means selecting everything that is currently visible in the list, not every item that exists. It is limited to the items shown on the present page and leaves out anything hidden or on another page.

In context

Here, "select visible" means an action that selects only the rows currently shown on the current page, excluding hidden rows and rows on other pages.

Situation
Using dashboards, tables, filters, sorting, views, and bulk controls
What it communicates
offers selection of only the currently shown rows

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not mean that all items in the full set are selected.

Examples

“I clicked Select Visible on page 3, and it marked only the 25 rows on screen, not the hidden matches or the rows on pages 1 and 4.”

Core meaning

“After filtering the list, use Select Visible to mark the rows still showing on this page before moving to the next one.”

In context

  • select Broader Term

    This action is a specific kind of selecting.

  • select all Contrast

    This action is limited to the items currently shown, not the full set.