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Chapter 3: Local Port Operation
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Navigating the OSCAR interface
This table describes how to navigate the OSCAR interface using the keyboard and mouse.
Table 3.3: OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics
Keystroke Function
Print Screen Opens the OSCAR interface. Press Print Screen twice to send the Print
Screen keystroke to the currently selected DSRIQ module.
F1 Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box.
Escape Closes the current dialog box without saving changes and returns to the
previous one. If the Main dialog box is displayed, pressing
Escape closes the
OSCAR interface and displays a status flag if status flags are enabled. See the
Controlling the status flag section on page 30 for more information. In a
message box, pressing Escape closes the pop-up box and returns to the
current dialog box.
Alt Opens dialog boxes, selects or checks options and executes actions when
used with underlined or other designated letters.
Alt+X Closes current dialog box and returns to previous one.
Alt+O Selects the OK button, then returns to the previous dialog box.
Enter Completes a switch operation in the Main dialog box and exits the
OSCAR interface.
Single-click, Enter In a text box, single-clicking an entry and pressing Enter selects the text for
editing and enables the Left and Right Arrow keys to move the cursor. Press
Enter again to quit the Edit mode.
Print Screen, Backspace Toggles back to previous selection.
Print Screen, Alt+0 (zero) Immediately disengages user from a target device; no target device is selected.
Status flag displays
Free . (This only applies to the 0 (zero) on the keyboard and
not the numeric keypad.)
Print Screen, Pause Immediately turns on Screen Saver mode and prevents access to that specific
console, if it is password protected.
Up/Down Arrows Moves the cursor from line to line in lists.
Right/Left Arrows Moves the cursor between columns. When editing a text box, these keys move
the cursor within the column.
Page Up/Page Down Pages up and down through Name and Port lists and Help pages.
Home/End Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of a list.
Backspace Erases characters in a text box.
Delete Deletes current selection in the Scan list or characters in a text box.