User`s guide

Control Builder Main Window Menu System
Overview
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Mouse
Using the mouse pointer, point to the name of the menu on the menu bar, and click the left mouse button.
This opens the menu. To move directly to a menu item, drag the selection cursor down the menu until the
desired item is highlighted, then release the button.
While in a Function Block Diagram, click the right mouse button to allow access to Topic Help, Monitor
functions, Properties Dialog Boxes, and Cut, Copy, and Paste functions.
Up/down arrow keys
Press the “ALT” key to highlight the menu bar then use the UP/Down arrow keys on the keyboard to select
the item, then press “Enter”.
Underlined letter
If a name in the menu bar has an underlined letter you can press ALT and then type the letter that’s
underlined to open the menu.
For example: To open the FILE menu in the Control Builder main window, press ALT+F.
Closing a menu
To close a menu:
• Click the menu name or anywhere outside the menu, or
• Press ESC to close the menu but remain on the menu bar so that you can make another selection
Other keyboard functions
If necessary, you can use the standard keystroke conventions to move around in the Control Builder.
ALT used together with the underlined letter in text labeling an object lets you select
that object.
TAB select next field or object in dialog boxes and configuration templates
SHIFT+TAB select previous field or object in dialog boxes and configuration templates
UP ARROW previous choice in the field
DOWN ARROW next choice in the field
ALT+DOWN ARROW opens a drop-down list box