The Editor¶
When a file is open, you're in the editor. This page is a tour of the screen and how to move around.
The grid¶
Your data is shown as a spreadsheet grid:
- Column headers run across the top, labelled A, B, C… (or your header-row names if you turn on First Row Is Header).
- Row numbers run down the left, starting at 1.
- The corner button (top-left, marked
◢) selects the entire sheet in one tap.
Scroll in any direction to move through the data. Frozen rows and columns stay pinned while you scroll — see Freezing panes.
Selecting cells¶
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Select one cell | Tap it |
| Start editing that cell | Tap it again (a second tap on the already-selected cell) |
| Select a whole column | Tap its column header |
| Select a whole row | Tap its row number |
| Select everything | Tap the ◢ corner button |
| Select a range | Select a cell, then drag the round handle at the corner of the selection to extend it |
When a range is selected, its rows and columns are highlighted so you can see the extent at a glance. Dragging near the edge of the screen auto-scrolls to keep extending the selection.
The toolbar¶
The toolbar at the top keeps four buttons, on iPhone and iPad alike:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Find | Opens the search bar |
| Undo | Reverses the last change |
| Redo | Re-applies an undone change |
| More | Everything else, grouped into sections |
Everything else lives in the More (•••) menu, where each row shows its name next to its icon:
| Section | Items |
|---|---|
| (top, unlabelled) | Undo, Redo |
| View | Filter row, Freeze panes, Row Height |
| Share | Chart, Export PDF, Share CSV |
| Document | Manage Columns, Show All Columns, Column Width, First Row Is Header, Save Layout in This File, Re-open With Settings |
| Settings |
Undo and Redo appear twice on purpose — on the bar, and again at the top of the menu. On a narrow iPhone the file name is what gives way to make room, so it may be shortened with a "…" in the middle.
Why so few buttons
An icon on its own rarely says what it does, and the narrow iPhone toolbar cannot hold many anyway. Keeping one menu means every action carries a written label, and the toolbar looks the same on every device. The four bar buttons travel as one row, so that a narrow screen never folds any of them into a second menu of their own.
The bottom action bar¶
A bar at the bottom of the screen shows contextual actions for whatever you have selected:
- Nothing selected / a single cell — Add Row, Add Column, Go to Row.
- Rows selected — Insert Above, Insert Below, Delete Row(s).
- Columns selected — Insert Left, Insert Right, Hide, Delete Column(s).
If you're on the free version, an Unlock Pro pill also appears here — see Smart CSV Editor Pro.
The status bar¶
At the bottom edge, a small status line tells you where you are:
- With a cell selected, it shows the cell reference, e.g.
C61(column C, row 61). - With nothing selected, it shows the sheet size, e.g.
1,240 rows × 9 columns.
Undo and redo¶
Almost every change — editing a cell, inserting or deleting, sorting, changing a column type, clearing a range — can be reversed with Undo and re-applied with Redo . Undo history is per-document.