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Navigating the OSCAR Interface

This table describes how to navigate the OSCAR interface using the keyboard and mouse.

Table 3.2: OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics

Keystroke	Action Performed
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 31 in this chapter 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,	Toggles back to the previous selection.
Backspace
Print Screen,	Immediately disengages the user from a target device; no target device is selected.
Alt+0 (zero)	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.