HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

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Chapter 2 45
The TN3270 Emulation Program User Interface
Accelerator Keys
Accelerator Keys
Each field in a dialog box has an accelerator key, which is indicated by a
highlighted character in the name of the field. You can move directly to
another field in a dialog by pressing the key that corresponds to this
character.
However, accelerator keys cannot be used in the following situations:
When the cursor is in an edit box, any character key you press is
entered into the edit box.
When the cursor is in a list box, any character key you press is used to
move the cursor to the next item in the list box that begins with that
character.
To use accelerator keys in these situations, you must first use the Tab or
Backtab keys to move the cursor to a field other than an edit box or list
box.
The following accelerator keys are not indicated by highlighted
characters:
The Enter key chooses the current default push button (the one shown
with highlighted angle brackets).
The Esc key is an accelerator for either of the two push buttons
<Cancel> or <Done>. (These two push buttons never appear on the
same dialog box.)
Motif Some versions of Motif do not support accelerator keys. However, you can
move to another field using the mouse.
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