Click-to-Edit Access Property Descriptions in Details View Enhance

#1 (**permalink**) 28-Jul-2006, 08:36 AM

The 'Descriptions' field shown in the Details view in Access should be
editable by double-clicking on the description. Currently, one must open the
properties window to make changes to the description. Descriptions are very
useful in documenting queries, tables, macros, modules, etc and a
click-to-edit feature would be a great addition.

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#2 (**permalink**) 28-Jul-2006, 08:37 AM

"JJF" wrote

> The 'Descriptions' field shown in the Details view in Access should be
> editable by double-clicking on the description. Currently, one must open
the
> properties window to make changes to the description. Descriptions are
very
> useful in documenting queries, tables, macros, modules, etc and a
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> click-to-edit feature would be a great addition.

The normal way to permanently change any Property is to open the Property
Sheet, in Design View; or to modify the Property value from VBA code. I
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agree that the Description property is very useful documentation.

A Description Field would be defined in a Table, its value would be
modifiable, and would apply to the individual Record. But, I think you were
talking about the Description property.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP