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To help you manipulate the application's data, windows contain standard sets of controls. You'll come across some of the following standard controls: Buttons execute commands, start actions, or specify options and settings. Types of buttons include push buttons, toggle buttons, and radio buttons. Text fields provide an area where you can type information.
Lists display a list of choices from which you can select. Sliders provide incremental selection from a range of values.
To choose a push button | |
Choosing a push button immediately performs the associated command or action. For example, choosing an OK button applies any changes made to a dialog, then closes it. Mouse.
Move the pointer over the button and click mouse button 1.
Keyboard.
Use Tab and the arrow keys until you reach the button.
Press Enter.
To select a toggle or a radio button | |
Generally, selecting a toggle button merely specifies the option or setting to be used when a command, such as OK, is performed. You can select more than one toggle button in a group. Selecting a radio button also specifies an option or setting, but only one radio button in a group can be selected at a time. Mouse.
Move the pointer over the button and click mouse button 1.
To unselect the button, move the pointer over a selected button and click mouse button 1. Keyboard.
Use Tab and the arrow keys until you reach the button.
Press the space bar.
(1) Selected radio button.
(2) Unselected radio button.
(3) Selected toggle button.
(4) Unselected toggle button.
To scroll the contents of a window | |
Mouse.
(1) Click to go up one line.
(2) Click to go up one page.
(3) Drag the slider to scroll incrementally.
(4) Click to go down one page.
(5) Click to go down one line.
Keyboard.
Move to the window area you want to scroll.
Use the arrow keys, Prev and Next, or Pg Up and Pg Down.
To choose a list item | |
A selected list item highlights and is acted upon when a command, such as OK, is chosen. Mouse.
Click the list item.
Choose a command, such as OK.
In some lists, double-clicking an item selects the item and chooses the default command. Keyboard.
Tab to the list.
Select the list item:
In a single-selection list, use the arrow keys to reach your choice.
In a multiple-selection list, use the arrow keys to reach your choice, then press the space bar. To unselect the item, press the space bar again.
Choose a command, such as OK.
(1) Single-selection list.
(2) Multiple-selection list.
To enter text into an empty field | |
Mouse.
Click the field to get the text insertion cursor.
Keyboard.
Press Tab, Shift+Tab, or the arrow keys until you reach the field.
Start typing.
To edit text in a field | |
Mouse.
Select the text in the field to edit:
Character(s): Move the pointer to the first character and drag the pointer to the last character.
Word: Double-click the word.
Line: Triple-click the line.
Multi-line field: Quadruple-click the field.
Type the replacement text.
Keyboard.
Press Tab, Shift+Tab, or the arrow keys until you reach the field.
Use the editing keys to edit its contents.
Editing keys .
- Arrow
Move the text insertion cursor.
- Backspace
Delete the character before the cursor.
- Delete char or Del
Delete the character following the cursor.
- CTRL+Delete char or CTRL+Del
Delete all the characters from the cursor to the end of the current line.
To cut and paste text into windows | |
Cutting and pasting eliminates the need to retype text. You can cut from and paste into: Terminal emulator windows.
Cutting text.
Move the pointer to the start of the text block.
Hold down mouse button 1 and drag the pointer to the end of the text block.
Pasting text.
Put the text insertion cursor at the target location.
Click mouse button 2 to paste the text into the field.
To unselect text, click mouse button 1 in an empty area of the window that has the text selected, or press ESC. in dtterm. You can use the previous methods to cut from and paste into dtterm windows. However, when you cut from a dtterm window, the text is not copied into the internal clipboard. If the text becomes unselected, you cannot paste it elsewhere. dtterm also allows you to copy text (cut) and paste using the menu. To copy text (cut): Hightlight the text as describe above, by moving the cursor to the start of the area you want copied, then holding down mouse button 1 while you move the cursor to the end of the area, then releasing the mouse button.
Click Edit in the Menu Bar.
Choose Copy.
To paste text: Move the cursor to where you want the text to be located.
Click Edit in the Menu Bar.
Choose Paste.
To use sliders | |
Mouse.
Drag the slider by moving the mouse while holding down mouse button 1.
Keyboard.
Press Tab or an arrow key until you reach the slider.
Use the arrow keys to move the slider incrementally. Using CTRL plus an arrow key moves the slider faster.
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