# Using Attribute Browsers

The Attribute Browser shows you the contents of any container in the current document, categorised by the values of a chosen attribute. By default the scope is whole-document.

The scope and appearance of the view are set via the Attribute Browser controls at the top of the view pane. By default all expect the first row of controls are hidden. The remainder of the controls can be revealed/re-hidden via a disclosure triangle on the control panel.

The Attribute Browser can use column view and as in other views the column data is editable.

For Set and List data types, categories are still single value notes list in every category (value) for which the note has a value of combination of values. Thus a note with more than one value may list several times.

Optionally, categories can show a count of the number of the items. By default this is for the view's chosen attribute but can also be for any of the attributes also displayed via column view If enabled, this summary figure is shown at the right end of the category bar. For Number-type attributes, a range of mathematical optional are also offered.

Dragging a note to a new category changes the note's value for that listed attribute to that of the category. For multi-value attributes, regardless of the category the dropped note receives all of the values for the attribute for the note listing after the dropped note. In such circumstances it can be useful to list the attribute as a column view item to see the full range of values allotted.

Items listed are drawn in `$Color` using `$DisplayName`. Badges are shown, and a link-drag widget is shown after the item name. The icon used for each item is as per Outline view, indicating the degree of text, recentness of edit and in/outbound links.

A link widget for dragging links is drawn to the right of the title of the selected note.