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hogi
Level XII

CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

In JMP there are thousands of hidden eastereggs.

Here is an overview of many tricks -  what you will get when you CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click.

 

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General    
    the red triangle menu is your friend hogi_2-1668785866820.png
    Right-click is your best friend hogi_3-1673821120463.png
  Select a range of adjacent items:
rows, columns, legend entries ...
Press Shift and click the first and last item
sometimes: click and drag.
                                     
  Select or deselect non-adjacent items Press Ctrl and click each item  
  Paste a list of column names from the clipboard
into a dialog column list box (e.g. X,factor)
Right-Click into the dialog and click on paste hogi_4-1673821177582.png
       
       
Graphs / Graph Builder    
  use a column for the graph drag it into the plot area
or: drag it into a dropzone
 
  use 2 columns in a common subplot drag them onto the X or Y axis
or: drag the second column almost into the same dropzone (the dropzone with direction towards the graph)
 
  create a hierarchy on the X or X axis drag an additional column almost into the same dropzone (the dropzone further away from the graph)  
  create a hierarchy in the Group X or X region drag an additional column into the corner of the Group X/Y DropZone  
  sort an axis by a second column drag the second column almost into the same dropzone (the dropzone furthest  away from the graph)  
  use 2 columns in separate subplots

drag them onto the X or Y axis (while pressing Shift)

or: drag the second column onto the the same axis, next to the first region

 
  use 2 columns as color

drag both columns into the color drop zone
or: drag the second column into the corner of the Color dropzone

 
a) Select points in a rectangular region. Click and drag the arrow tool.  
b) Select points in a non-rectangular region. use the lasso tool  
      extend the selection press Shift and select.  
      remove data points from the (partial) selection  press SHIFT + CTRL and select   
 

    toggle data points
    (selected ones get unselected,

    unselected ones get selected)

press CTRL / ⌘ and select  
c)

select points via the legend

click on an entry in the legend  
 

    remove data points from the (partial) selection

press CTRL / ⌘ and click (2x will trigger selection)
or press Shift + CTRL / ⌘ and click (2x won't have an effect)
 
 

    extend the selection

press CTRL / ⌘ and click
(eventually twice -  first to deselect (partial selection))
 
 

    toggle data points

?  
d)

select points in an interactive HTML

click on a point or a legend entry hogi_7-1673821365944.png
 

    remove data points from the (partial) selection

press shift and/or CTRL / ⌘ and click
(2x will trigger selection)
 
 

    extend the selection

press shift and/or CTRL / ⌘ and click 
(eventually twice - first to deselect (partical selection))
 
  Change axis settings. Double-click or press Alt and click the axis.  
  Add a reference line Double-click the axis at the desired position - the corresponding value will show up in the axis/reference line menu.  hogi_6-1673821286969.png
  Change axis range

click and drag and axis
along the axis to move the center

perpendicular to the axis to change the range
Press Shift to prevent Jmp from changing the Ticks settings

 

 

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  Change the binning of a Histogram Plot

Use the grabber tool: hogi_0-1708459924071.png, select one bar of the histogram and drag it up/down (# bins) left/right (offset)

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  Reset the zoom to the original *) plot 
*) either defined by the script or last state before using the magnifier the first time
double click into the graph (alternatively: Alt + click)
(with magnifier tool)
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  change the color/marker etc. settings of a specific legend entry hover over the legend entry, right click and change the setting  
  change the color/marker etc. settings of all legend entries referring to the same rows (lines and markers at the same time) select on of the legend entries by clicking, right click and change the setting  
  clear label selection

click on one of the selected items

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  - Show excluded data points / categories.

Press Shift, click the red triangle icon, and click on Show Excluded Rows

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  change the type of summary statistics

Right-click on the caption box, click summary statistics and change the type.

CTRL / ⌘Right-click to change the type in all subplots simultaneously

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  Let a 3D Scatterplot spin Press Shift and drag it with the mouse hogi_0-1675539074444.png

 

  scale subplots individually resize the label (go from the label to the side, till the mouse changes to an arrow) - not the framebox! hogi_0-1677956288517.png
  Change/sort X Group labels Right click - Configure Levels ...  
  synchronize parallel axes Shift click red triangle / Parallel Axis Merging hogi_0-1687500769810.png
  add an additional plot theme to the Plot Shift click into another plot theme icon on the top  
  add/remove plot themes to/from individual subplots Ctrl click into the upper/center/lower left/center/right region of the respective plot theme icon corresponding to the location of the subplot  
  change tick labels click on a tick label and hold the mouse button for a while, edit the label and press ESC hogi_0-1683409638302.png
  pin Crosshair right click - then (left) click on the window title hogi_12-1673821931849.png
       
Profiler    
  change factor settings Alt + click into one of the profiler graphs  
       
Reports    
  add a column to a report

drag it from the column list into the report (just works if the variable is is dropped exactly into the drop zone)

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  apply a Platform Preset to a new report

[JMP 18] drag the Platform Preset symbol from the source report onto the target report

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  get a hover explanation.

draw a small circle with your mouse

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  remove the Header Bar of the OutlineBox

delete the title of the OutlineBox

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  access the red triangle menu without a red triangle

Even when the outline is hidden, there is a tiny hotspot for the red triangle menu in the upper left.

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  add columns to Distribution Platform

Drag the columns from the columns menu of the table

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  Turn numeric report output into a data table.

Right-click somewhere in the report and select
Make into Data Table.

for Reports with BY:
Make combined Data Table.

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  broadcast a command to all similar reports in the current window.

Press Ctrl / ⌘ and apply the command to one of the reports. e.g.
- click on the red triangle icon, and then select the command

- right click into a graph and apply a command

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  collapse similar outline boxes Press Ctrl / ⌘, and click on the grey triangle  hogi_0-1683408961708.png

 

  Select multiple report options. Press Alt (^ and Option) and right-click a disclosure icon hogi_0-1668785813247.png
  Select multiple analysis options Press Alt / Option and click a red triangle icon hogi_1-1668785851799.png
  Resize all similar graphs in a report. Press Ctrl/ ⌘ and resize one graph.  
  change the formal of an entry double click the entry hogi_12-1673821931849.png
  Select multiple bars in a Distribution/Pareto  plot. Press Shift or Ctrl/ ⌘ and click the bars.

(differs from the "typical" explorer-like behavior:
(Ctrl/ ⌘ to select inividual entries
Shift to select all entries in between)
which is used for row, legend entries, ...)
 
  Deselect multiple bars in a Distribution/Pareto plot. Press Ctrl and click the bars.  
  Create a subset of the data table from a histogram/Pareto Plot.

Double-click /

Press Shift,select the bars that you want to subset, and then double-click /

Select one or more bars, right-click, and then select Subset.

 

 

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  Change the scale of a slider in the Contour Profiler. Right-click the slider.
(mac: Press ^ and click the slider.)
 
  Specify or lock a factor value in the Prediction Profiler. Press Alt and click inside one of a factor’s panes.  
  Transpose the factors in a two-factor interaction LS Means plot. Press Shift and select the LS Means Plot command.  
  Specify the alpha level when saving mean or individual confidence intervals. Press Shift, click the red triangle icon, and then select the command. hogi_11-1673821809907.png
  Specify theta (for exponential), beta (for Weibull), or sigma (for lognormal) parameters for WeiBayes analysis. Press Shift and select Exponential, Weibull, or Lognormal Fit from the Product-Limit Survival Fit red triangle menu.  
  Lock a factor (in a profiler) Press Alt and click into the respective plot, then select Lock Factor Setting hogi_4-1673821177582.png
  Show Tree Structure of a Report Ctrl+Shift+Right Click the top left corner hogi_0-1683408961708.png
       
Tables    
  change property of multiple columns in columns manager select multiple columns and press CTRL when changing the setting (will prevent JMP from resetting the selection) hogi_4-1673821177582.png
  Jump to a column Double-Click the column in the menu on the left.
new in JMP19: Click on the column
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  resize a column double click the divide line
for multiple columns: select the columns first
 
  keep a column visible all the time Select a column, click Col Menu/Scroll Lock  
  Deselect rows and columns. Click the top triangular region in the upper left corner of the data grid to deselect columns. Click the bottom triangular region to deselect rows. hogi_20-1673822704702.png
  add columns/rows double-click the top/bottom triangular menu in the upper left corner
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  add a single column at the end of the table double-click in the table right to the last column hogi_0-1673944863249.png
  enter a new column name click on the column name on the top of the table and start typing hogi_16-1673822278724.png
  Copy a list of column names to the clipboard Select the columns in the column list on the left
of the data table and press CTRL/ ⌘ + C
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  change several column names at once

copy the column names to the clipboard
select the columns in the menu on the left, paste the new names

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  fill all cell of a column with the same value select the column header - no row selection - Ctrl/ ⌘ + V
NOT:  overwrite the column name (!)
 
  Repeat values or a sequence of values in a column. Right-click on selected cells. Select Fill and the appropriate command.

 

  Fill empty values with previous entries of that column.

select a column and some rows,

Right-click on an entry and press Replace missing

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  Generate a subset of the current selection  right click on Selected and click on  Data View hogi_5-1673821208525.png

 

  move column(s) to another position in the data table select the column(s) (on top of the table or in the columns list on the left), keep the mouse button pressed and drag the column(s) to the new position  
  Merge column(s) from a summary table into the main table select the column(s) (on top of the summary table ).
Click again, keep the mouse button pressed and drag the column(s) to the main table.

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  Edit a Table Script Double-Click the script  
  copy a column script Right-Click on the column header and click on Copy Columns  
  copy a column script - including the values  select all rows,  Right-Click on the column header and click on Copy Columns  
  copy a column script - including the values of N specific rows  select the rows,  Right-Click on the column header and click on Copy Columns
(strange:values will be applied to the first N rows)
 
  define multiple value labels at once copy value & label pairs from a table, point at the field with value-label pairs and paste (instead of entering them one by one) hogi_14-1673822201795.png
  adjust the column width to the content [JMP 18] double click the separator line hogi_0-1673944863249.png
       
JSL Editor    
  Select a non-rectangular block of text Click and drag the cursor.  
  Select a rectangular block of text Press Alt and drag the cursor over the text.  
  Select multiple rectangular blocks of text Press Ctrl and drag the cursor over a non-rectangular block of text. Move the cursor to a new location and repeat.
Copying, cutting collects the text in the order in which each block was selected.
 
  type synchronously at multiple positions in the text Press Ctrl and click on multiple positions,
then start typing.
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  Open JSL command in Scripting Index Press Alt and double-click on a command  
  Run a script with a specific data table copy the script and paste it into the table script menu

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  Select the code between brackets Doble-click one of the brackets  
  ... marke the command in front as well ... press Shift and click on the first letter of the command
    or: press CTRL + Shift + arrow left (N times)
 
  copy a line of code place the cursor into the line ( no need to select anything)  and press CTRL/ ⌘ + C hogi_0-1673914495379.png

 

       
Formula Editor    
  Terminate running code

Press 

Esc
 
  Build Match function
conditionals

Select a column from Table Columns list.

Press Shift and select Match from Conditional formula list.

 
  replace something in the formula with something else select the item to replace (-> blue rectangle)
Double-click the new item (column, constant, variable, parameter)
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  Swap two expressions in a formula. Drag one expression on top of the other expression. hogi_0-1673820949434.png
       
Column List Box    
  Add a column to the list drag the column into the list  
  Remove column from a list
(Platform menu, Column Switcher etc.)
double click the column entry in the list hogi_2-1673821057164.png
       
Data Filter    
  Add a filter double click on the column   
  Add multiple filters at once select multiple columns and click hogi_1-1668790185822.png

 

 
  numeric data filter: change the upper/lower limit

drag the fence,

click onto the number and enter a new value

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  numeric data filter: move the range

click the shaded pass region and move it to the new location

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9 REPLIES 9
jthi
Super User

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

Quick Reference Card is one place where you can find some of those. Quick Reference Card can be accessed from JMP's help menu

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-Jarmo
hogi
Level XII

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

Thanks  @jthi 

Starting with these 9 pages, let's see how far we can get collecting also the easter eggs from the better hidden places ...

 

I will collect all posts in one table.

edit: table moved to the 1st post

P_Bartell
Level VIII

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

During my tenure as a Senior JMP Systems Engineer I told my JMP/JMP Pro customers, "When in doubt, move the cursor/I beam over the thing you are most interested in, and right click. Chances are good this will uncover a pathway to do whatever it is you are trying to do." Or as my colleague @gail_massari was fond of saying, "Right click is your friend."

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

@hogi, Thank you for adding information about selection in Interactive HTML (and JMP Live). 

 

More information on how to interact with Interactive HTML content can also be found here:

https://www.jmp.com/support/help/InteractiveHTML/17/ShareJMPReports.shtml

 

Thanks, 

~John

 

hogi
Level XII

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

Thanks @John_Powell_JMP for the link.
I added an easter egg link.

hogi
Level XII

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

nice plenary talk by @John_Sall on Secret Features of JMP 

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jschroedl
Staff

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

With the release of JMP 18 imminent, I'll add one from there. Have you ever opened a data table with the column titles wrapped or cut off just a bit making them hard to read?  In JMP 18, select the affected columns and double-click on one of the divider lines between column headers to have JMP auto-size the columns making them more readable. This can also be done in the menus using Cols > Reset Display Width.  If there's just a single column to fix up, double-click the right edge of its title box and it'll reset the width.

 

hogi
Level XII

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

10 More Things You Don't Know About JMP by @Jeff_Perkinson 

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→ just added to the overview

 

hogi
Level XII

Re: CTRL/Alt/Shift + click/select/double click/right click

JMP 19: click on a column in the column list

[replaces the double click]

A new era of interactivity!

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