The Texada SRM Keyboard & Mouse Actions

Getting Started Overview Information Guide -> SRM Keyboard & Mouse Actions

The following keys are used in Texada SRM on the Windows Client:

 ENTER            Accepts the current field and moves to next field
 ESC              Cancels a prior entry, or exits a program without accepting
 TAB              Advances the cursor to the next critical prompt
 Up Arrow         Moves the cursor Up one field
 Down Arrow       Moves the cursor Down one field
 Right Arrow      Moves the cursor Right one space
 Left Arrow       Moves the cursor Left one space

FUNCTION KEYS
 F1   Help              Triggers Technical User Guide documentation
 F2   not used          Not assigned a purpose
 F3   Accept            Accepts the entry, or accepts when exiting programs
 F4   Window            Window to lookup information
 F5   Add               Used to make new entries
 F6   Change            Used to change or modify existing entries
 F7   Delete            Deletes single entries or a selected range
 F8   Lookup            Views the information without making any changes
 F9   Expand            Increases the amount of information on the screen
 F10  Edit              Used to change a field without retyping the field

COMMON GUI BUTTONS - when "gray" buttons are inactive
 ADD Add a new record or entry - also triggered by F5
 CHANGE Change or modify an existing record or file - also triggered by F6
 DELETE Deletes single entries or a selected range - also triggered by F7
 INSERT Inserts a new line in a paging screen above the line in focus
 EXP/CON Toggles between expanding and contracting records in a paging screen - also triggered by F9

 SEARCH Used in a lookup window to trigger the search after the selection filters are set - also triggered by ALT_S
 SELECT Used in a paging screen to select the record in focus (e.g. in a search window)

 COPY Used to copy a record or selection of records
 DETAILS Drills down to further details on the record in focus - also triggered by ALT_D

 SET ALL Used to check all options, then can manually uncheck specific choices
 CLEAR ALL Use to clear checks from all options, then can manually check preferred choices

 ACCEPT Accepts the entry, or accepts when exiting programs - also triggered by F3 or ALT_A
 CANCEL Cancels a prior entry, or exits a program without accepting - also triggered by ESC or ALT_C

 OK Used to acknowledge a warning on a pop-up dialogue box, and continue - also triggered by ALT_O

PAGING SCREENS FEATURES
 PAGE UP         Moves the cursor up one screen length
 PAGE DOWN       Moves the cursor down one screen length
 Up Arrow        Moves the cursor Up one record in the same column
 Down Arrow      Moves the cursor Down one record in the same column

 CTRL-F5         Acts as Insert to add a record at current seq #
 CTRL-HOME       Moves the cursor to the beginning of the file
 CTRL-END        Moves the cursor to the end of the file
 Scrollbar       The scrollbar on the right of the screen is enabled if there are more records to display
                 than are currently displayed on the screen.
                 The scrollbar can be used to move up and down through the data.

SPECIAL FEATURES IN F10 EDIT MODE
   *  The standard mode for Edit is Edit With INSERT.
   ** To overstrike instead, press the INSERT Key a second time
      and to deactivate the overstrike action, press INSERT Key again.

 INSERT       "Edit with Insert" -Inserts where the cursor is located *
 INSERT       "Edit with Overstrike" -Overstrikes where the cursor is located **
 DELETE       Deletes the character on the cursor
 BACKSPACE    Deletes the character before the cursor
 F7           Deletes from the cursor to the end of the field
 Right Arrow  Moves the cursor right one space
 Left Arrow   Moves the cursor left one space
 HOME         Moves the cursor to the beginning of the field
 END          Moves the cursor to the last letter on the field
 TAB          Moves the cursor to the right one word at a time
 ENTER        Accepts the changes to the current field
 ESC       Cancels any changes made to the current field
 

Topic Keyword: GS0103