HP UX 11i Volume Management (LVM/VxVM) Software About mnemonics, Keyboard mapping conventions

46Accessibility Keyboard shortcuts

About mnemonics

Mnemonics are single key strokes, used to activate components such as menu items. A single mnemonic is equivalent to a mouse click. A mnemonic can be used to select a menu item by pressing the Alt key to go into menu pull-down mode, pressing a single key to open a menu and another key to select a menu item. For example:

■<Alt> to go into menu pull-down mode

■<f> key to access the File menu

■<o> to activate the “open” command

Mnemonics are case insensitive. Keys can be pressed sequentially instead of simultaneously.

Keyboard mapping conventions

Exceptions and additions to the Microsoft Keyboard Conventions are listed in:

■Veritas Enterprise Administrator exceptions to Microsoft keyboard conventions

■Veritas Enterprise Administrator additions to Microsoft keyboard conventions

■Veritas Enterprise Administrator help additions to Microsoft keyboard conventions

Veritas Enterprise Administrator exceptions to Microsoft keyboard conventions

Table 3-1summarizes the keyboard differences between the VEA implementation of mnemonics and accelerators, and the Microsoft keyboard convention:

Table 3-1	VEA exceptions to Microsoft keyboard conventions
Convention	Mnemonic	Accelerator
Cancel	C	Alt C, Escape
OK	O	Alt O
Refresh	E	None
Yes	None	None
No	None	Escape
Shift+F10	A	Alt A