Using the Editors

Panther provides a keyboard interface that allows you to use the editor in character mode without a mouse. The editor provides:

• Cursor movement keys—Provide positional manipulation of widgets and screens.

• Keyboard shortcuts—Serve as commands when editing a screen.

• Menu accelerators—Easily execute menu items.

The logical keys referred to in this appendix, such as XMIT or EXIT, are defined in your key translation file. Refer to Chapter 6, "Key Translation File," in Configuration Guide for more information on key mapping.

Navigating Between Screens in the Editor

With the keyboard you can navigate:

• Between your application screens.

• Between system screens, for example, the Properties window and your application screens.

• Between system screens.

This can be done via the menu bar mnemonics or via accelerators. To access the menu bar, press Alt followed by the mnemonic (the underlined or highlighted character) indicated on the menu choice—for example, to access the Windows menu and execute Next System Screen, press Alt+W, then press S. Table A-1 illustrates using mnemonics and accelerators for moving among screens in the editor.

Manipulating Screens

To move, resize, and scroll a screen, access the system menu (in the upper left corner of the screen):

1. Press ALSYS. The system menu contains the items you need to manipulate the screen that currently has focus.
2. Activate an action by pressing the mnemonic associated with that item. The system menu now displays as a menu bar. For example, press M to choose the Move option. Asterisks appear at the corners of the active screen.
3. Use the Panther logical arrow keys (such as LARR, RARR, DARR, UARR) to move, resize, or scroll the screen.
4. To carry out another action, press the mnemonic associated with that item.
5. Press XMIT to return focus to the screen and restore the default menu bar.

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Creating Widgets

Panther provides several ways to create a widget with the keyboard

To create a widget without using a mouse:

1. Use either of the following methods:

   • Create Toolbar—Choose WindowsNext System Screen until the Create toolbar box has focus. (If the Create toolbar is not already open, choose OptionsConfigure Toolbars, and select the Create box.) Press TAB or the Panther logical arrow keys to select the desired icon.

   • Create menu—Press MNBR, then Alt+C to open the Create menu. Press the Panther logical arrow keys or press the mnemonic associated with the desired widget. Press NL to accept.

2. Return focus to your application screen (for example, by pressing F9 until the desired screen has focus).
3. Do any of the following to place the widget:

   • Move the cursor (use cursor movement keys) to the desired location on screen and press NL. A default sized widget is placed at the cursor position.

   • Move the cursor (use cursor movement keys) to the desired location on your screen. Press S to go into select mode and use the Panther logical arrow keys to drag the widget to the desired size. Press NL to accept.

   • Press NL to create a default sized widget. The widget is placed in the upper left corner of your screen.

     If you have specified Multiple Create Mode on the Options menu, you can move to another location on the screen and press Enter or S to create another widget of the same type.

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Selecting and Manipulating Widgets

Use the following shortcuts while in an application screen to select objects. Once an object is selected, you can copy, move, and resize it as well as gain access to its properties. These keyboard shortcuts are case-insensitive.