IBM AS/400 manual Function Keys on the Design Display, Edit Operation

Edit Operation

You enter the edit operation by pressing the F21

or F22 key in t

display. You can edit elements one by one (Element

edit), or in a b

specifying

two

diagonally opposite

positions

(Block

edit).

F21

(Element

the

element

edit

operation, while F22 (Block edit)

starts the

block

The

functions

for

both

edit types

are

copy, move,

and

remove.

For

t

edit, the

cursor

is

used

to

select an element

by

placing

it

at

th

the block edit, the cursor is used to select

a

block

by

specifyi

opposite

positions.

Specify

one

of

the

move,

copy,

or

remove

operations for

the

select

for

the

block

by

pressing

the

appropriate

function

key.

The

operatio

for

all

elements

in

the

block,

even

if

some

of

them

are

not

displaye

line elements, box elements, and graphics elements, the entire element

surrounded	by the specified block. For the other elements, those el
mark (first	asterisk only) is in the block will be selected.

You need to place the cursor at the position where the selected copied or moved to, and press the appropriate function key. To remov appropriate function key.

For more detailed information, see one of the following:

Ÿ “Element Edit” on page 279.

Ÿ“Block Edit” on page 280.

Function Keys on the Design Display

On the Design display, some function keys work the same regardless o operation that is performed, while some function keys work differently the operation.

The following function keys work the same: (* after the key name indi cannot be used in the list view. @ after the key name indicates th used only in the list view.)

Figure

24 (Page 1

of

2).

Common Function Keys for all Operations on the Design Display

Key

Function

Description

F1

Help

Displays different help screens at

various

cursor

positi

F5

*

Refresh

Restores

the elements

that

have

been

previously

hidde

F16

key. This

key

only

affects

the

display

of

the

over

on the screen, but does

not

change

the

elements

you en

This

function

key

cannot

be

used

in

the

list

view.

F15

*

Mark

on/off

Re-displays or suppresses the element

marks

on

the

ima

area. This function lets you view the entire

text,

line,

element without being overridden by

other

element

marks.

This function key cannot be used in

the

list

view.

F16

*

Hide

Hides the element consecutively at

the

cursor

position.

function is used to view the elements in

the

image

are

Elements

which

are

hidden

still

exist

and

will

be

printed

This

function

key

cannot

be

used

in

the

list

view.

F19

Left

Moves

the

image

area

toward

the

first

column

position.

F20

Right

Moves the image area toward the last

column position.

F24

More

keys

Displays

the

function

key

assignments

not

currently

displa

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