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You can use keys in the following ways while you are using
this product:
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Window Keys | Navigate within and among windows. |
Accelerator Keys | Speed up certain actions in product windows. |
Help Keys | Display help information. |
When a plus sign (+) joins two key names, use them together. Hold down the first key and press the second key.
Mnemonics (single underlined characters) are available for menu bar and pull-down choices. To select a menu bar choice using the mnemonics, hold down Alt and enter the mnemonic for the choice that you want. (If the menu bar has the focus, enter only the mnemonic.)
To select a choice on a pull-down menu, enter the mnemonic for the pull-down choice.
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Alt | Move the focus to and from the menu bar or close the system menu. |
Alt+F4 | Close the primary window. |
Alt+F5 | In OS/2, restore the primary window. |
Alt+F7 | Move the primary window. Use the arrow keys to move the window to a new position and then press Enter. |
Alt+F8 | Size the primary window. Use the arrow keys to change the size of the window and then press Enter. |
Alt+F9 | Minimize the primary window to an icon. |
Alt+F10 | Maximize the primary window. |
Alt+Spacebar | Open the system menu for the primary window. |
Arrow key | Move the cursor from choice to choice. |
Ctrl+Esc | Display the Window List in OS/2 and the Task List in Windows NT. |
Ctrl+F5 | In Windows platforms, restore the primary window. |
Ctrl+F9 | In Windows platforms, minimize the primary window to an icon. |
Enter | Complete the selection of a menu bar choice or pull-down choice. Also perform the action described on the push button that currently has focus. |
Esc | Cancel a pull-down menu or cancel the action window if the window contains a Cancel push button. |
F10 | Move the focus to and from the menu bar or close the system menu. |
Page Down or PgDn | Scroll forward a page at a time. |
Page Up or PgUp | Scroll backward a page at a time. |
Spacebar | Select or deselect check boxes and list box choices. Also perform the action described on the button that currently has focus. |
Tab | Move the selection cursor from field to field. |
You can use the following keys, when applicable, to speed up actions within the product windows:
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Alt+up arrow | In UNIX platforms, move through all active windows. | ||
Alt+Right Mouse Button | In UNIX platforms, minimize the active window. | ||
Ctrl+Z | Reverse (undo) the operation most recently performed on the bean. | ||
Ctrl+Y | (Redo) Remove the effect of the last Undo operation. | ||
Ctrl+Alt+Right Mouse Button | In UNIX platforms, select several parts at a time using the right mouse button. | ||
Ctrl+Click | Select several parts at the same time. In UNIX platforms, use the right mouse button. | ||
Ctrl+Double-click | Assigns the anchor part in multiple selection. | ||
Ctrl+X | Move selected beans or information to the clipboard.
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Ctrl+E | Exit (close) the current window. | ||
Ctrl+S | Saves any changes you made to the part. | ||
Ctrl+G | Generate bean code for the bean currently being edited. If the bean has no primary bean, VisualAge saves the bean. | ||
Ctrl+C | Copy selected beans or information to the clipboard. | ||
Ctrl+P | Add a new bean to the beans palette. | ||
Ctrl+V | Load the mouse pointer with the contents of the clipboard. | ||
Delete | Delete the selected beans or text. | ||
Shift+Drag Handles | To size in one direction only. | ||
Shift+Control+Drag | To copy and move the copy. |
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F1 | Display general help for the active window. You can use this key on any window. |
F11 | Display the help index. You can use this key on any window. |
Esc | Display the previous help window. |
Alt+F4 | Close the help window. |
Shift+F10 | Display help for Help. You can use this on any help window. |