HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

Chapter 2 37
The TN3270 Emulation Program User Interface
Dialog Boxes
Dialog Boxes
Dialog boxes are used to enter responses and make choices, as shown in
Figure 2-3, “Typical Dialog Box from TN3270 Emulation Program.”
Figure 2-3 Typical Dialog Box from TN3270 Emulation Program
A dialog box contains several separate fields (choices you can make or
areas where you enter information). You can move to the next field by
using the Tab key or Ctrl + I. You can move to the previous field by using
the Backtab key or Ctrl + B.
In some cases, depending on the type of field, you can also move to
another field by using accelerator keys. For more details, see “Accelerator
Keys”.
Motif You can also move to another field by clicking on the new field with the
mouse.
The Ctrl + I and Ctrl + B keystrokes are not supported in the Motif interface.
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The following types of fields can appear in dialog boxes (they are
described in the sections that follow):
• Push buttons
• Check boxes
• Radio groups
• Edit boxes