VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Dialog Boxes
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VEA Help Additions to Microsoft Keyboard Conventions
The table, “VEA/Applications Help Additions to Microsoft Keyboard Conventions,” summarizes
the keyboard additions to the Microsoft keyboard conventions in the VERITAS implementation of
mnemonics and accelerators:
Dialog Boxes
Dialog boxes often contain groups of controls necessary to set options or settings for programs.
You can select or choose controls that have an underlined letter in their titles by typing
ALT + the
underlined letter
at any time when the dialog box is active. TAB moves the keyboard focus between
controls, but which controls are included in the focus sequence, and the order of the sequence, may
vary between applications. Typically, items that cannot be changed are not visited by the
TAB key.
Arrow keys are used to move within a list box, groups of option controls, or groups of page tabs.
Arrow keys can move the keyboard focus between other controls but this behavior is not reliable.
Options that are unavailable appear dimmed and cannot be selected.
While the controls described here are typically found on dialog boxes, they also can occur in other
contexts.
Command buttons The OK button carries out the command using the information supplied in the
dialog box. Other command buttons let you cancel the command or choose from additional options.
Command buttons marked with an ellipsis (...) open another dialog box so you can provide more
information or confirm an action.
A dark border initially indicates the default button. Press
ENTER at any time to choose the button
with a dark border. Use
TAB to move the keyboard focus to the next control, and add SHIFT to
reverse the direction. When you move the keyboard focus to a command button it temporarily takes
the dark border, but when the keyboard focus is not on a command button the dark border returns to
VEA/Applications Help Additions to Microsoft Keyboard Conventions
Convention Mnemonic Accelerator
Find in Topic… F Ctrl + F
Find Next N F3
Find Previous P None
Hide Navigation Tabs H None
Index I None
Print P None
Search S None
Synchronize N None