# Sequence Grid

This view is shown by clicking on the **grid button** at the left end of the browser top bar:

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A separate thumbnail is shown for each media file or 'sequence' with one or more rows of metadata below the image. The thumbnails are scaled automatically to form a grid - if there are more thumbnails than will fit within the window, a vertical scroll bar will allow you to view them all.

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{% hint style="info" %}
The default frame which is displayed in the thumbnails is half way through the clip. If you want to view other frames, move the mouse near to the top edge of the thumbnail until a yellow bar appears. Click and drag in the bar to scrub through the clip.
{% endhint %}

To change the metadata which is shown below the thumbnails, click on the matadata selector button - this looks like a downward-pointing triangle below two short lines at the top right-hand corner of the thumbnail grid:

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This will open a pop-up window allowing you to choose which metadata item(s) you would like to see. Note that you can choose any number of items from the list.

## Selecting Clips

* Clips or 'sequences' are selected by clicking on the thumbnail and de-selected by **Ctrl**-clicking on the thumbnail (**Cmd**-click on a Mac). A selected clip is shown with a blue outline.
* To select multiple clips, hold **Ctrl** (or **Cmd** on a Mac) and click on the thumbnails you want to add to the selection. **Ctrl**-clicking on a selected clip will de-select that clip.
* To select a range of clips, click on the first thumbnail and then **Shift**-click on the last one in the range.
* To select ***all*** the clips in the current folder, hold **Ctrl** (or **Cmd** on a Mac) and press **A**.&#x20;
* To ***de***-select all, hold **Ctrl** (or **Cmd** on a Mac) and **Shift** and press **A**
* When multiple thumbnails are selected they all get blue outlines, however the outline for the last one you click on will have a brighter shade of blue - this is the 'current clip' and it's metadata will be shown in the [metadata inspector](https://docs.nara.stream/using-the-app-core-features/metadata-view) if the [right panel](https://docs.nara.stream/editor#right-panel) is visible. Clicking on a thumbnail with a dimmer blue outline will make it the current clip.

## Sorting the View

The order of the thumbnails is the same as the order the clips have in the Sequence List view. If you want to change their order in the grid view, click on the **list button**, [sort the clips](https://docs.nara.stream/using-the-app-core-features/sequence-list#sorting-the-list) in the list view and then click on the **grid button** to return to grid view.