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When the YaST Control Center is started, the category ‘Software’ is selected
automatically. Use
↓
and
↑
to change the category. To start a module from
the selected category, press
→ . The module selection now appears with a
thick border. Use
↓
and
↑
to select the desired module. Keep the arrow
keys pressed to scroll through the list of available modules. When a mod-
ule is selected, the module title appears with a colorful background and a
brief description is displayed in the bottom frame.
Press
Enter to start the desired module. Various buttons or selection fields
in the module contain a letter with a different color (yellow by default).
Use
Alt –
yellow_letter to select a button directly instead of navigating there
with
Tab . Exit the YaST Control Center by pressing the ‘Exit’ button or by
selecting ‘Exit’ in the category overview and pressing
Enter .
2.10.1 Navigation in Modules
The following description of the control elements in the YaST modules as-
sumes that all function keys and
Alt key combinations work and are not
assigned different global functions. Read Section 2.10.2 on the facing page
for information about possible exceptions.
Navigation among Buttons and Selection Lists
Use
Tab and
Alt –
Tab or
Shift –
Tab to navigate among the buttons
and the frames containing selection lists.
Navigation in Selection Lists Use the arrow keys (
↑
and
↓
) to navigate
among the individual elements in an active frame containing a selec-
tion list (e.g., between the individual modules of a module group in
the Control Center). If individual entries within a frame exceed its
width, use
Shift –
→ or
Shift –
← to scroll horizontally to the right and
to the left. Alternatively, use
Ctrl –
E or
Ctrl –
A . This combination
can also be used if using
→ or
← would result in changing the ac-
tive frame or the current selection list, as in the Control Center.
Buttons, Radio Buttons, and Check Boxes
To select buttons with empty square brackets (check boxes) or empty
parentheses (radio buttons), press
Space or
Enter . Alternatively,
radio buttons and check boxes can be selected directly with
Alt –
yellow_letter . In this case, you do not need to confirm with
Enter . If
you navigate to an item with
Tab , press
Enter to execute the selected
action or activate the respective menu item. See Figure 2.23 on the
next page.
108 2.10. YaST in Text Mode (ncurses)