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How to switch from row view to column view in VinLocate

A rack opens in row view. Tap Column on the two-part toggle at the bottom right of the 3D view and the same rack is sliced by column instead — tap the model and you drill into a column rather than a row.

The toggle only appears on racks. Bins and wine cases have no rows or columns to slice, so they open straight to their contents with no toggle at all.

Switching between row and column view

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  1. On the home screen, under Cellars & fridges, tap your storage.
  2. Tap a rack section to open the 3D view.
  3. At the bottom right, tap Column. The highlight moves across, and the rack is now sliced vertically.
  4. Tap the model to drill into one column. The title bar shows which one — Column 4.
  5. Tap Row at any time to go back. Every section starts in row view again next time you open it; the choice is not remembered.
Storage → a rack → Row / Column toggle, bottom right

It works the same when you open a rack by tapping it in the whole-cellar view: the toggle and the row picker appear there too, so you can open each row of that rack on its own.

Row view or column view?

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View You drill into Use it when
Row (the default) One horizontal shelf of the rack at a time Your rack is wider than it is tall, which is most of them
Column One vertical stack of the rack at a time Your rack is tall and narrow, or you file wine by column

A rack only one row deep, or one column wide, has nothing to slice — the toggle is left off and you see the whole thing at once. A Lattice rack is always sliced by row, so it has no toggle either.

Jumping straight to a row

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To the left of the toggle is a picker showing Row – while you are looking at the whole rack, and Row 3 once you are inside one. Tap it for a Jump to Row list of every row in the section, with the numbering running the same way as your coordinate origin, and tap one to go there.

Once you are inside a row, the toggle is replaced by two step arrows that move you to the next and previous row without going back out. On a fridge they carry on to the shelf above or below, so you can walk the whole fridge one shelf at a time. Their direction follows your coordinate origin too — see How to change the coordinates in VinLocate.

When the whole fridge is on screen, the picker reads Shelf – instead. Tap it for a Jump to shelf list of every shelf by name, and tap one — the fridge door opens and that shelf slides out, so a tall fridge does not need a precise tap.

On Android and the web

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Android has the same Row / Column control and the same picker beside it, in the same place, and it behaves the same way.

On app.invintory.com, click a rack and a panel opens at the bottom right of the 3D view, listing its bottles. A small Row / Column switch sits at the top of that panel; pick one, then click a row or column tag on the model to drill into it.

Next steps

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