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