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Chapter 2: Entering Debugger Commands
Using Menus, the Entry Buffer, and Action Keys
To choose a pull-down menu item using the
keyboard
• To initially display a pull-down menu, press and hold the menu select key (for
example, the "Extend char" key on a HP 9000 keyboard) and then type the
underlined character in the menu label on the menu bar. (For example, "f" for
"File". Type the character in lower case.)
• To move right to another pull-down menu after having initially displayed a
menu, press the right-arrow key.
• To move left to another pull-down menu after having initially displayed a
menu, press the left-arrow key.
• To move down one menu item within a menu, press the down-arrow key.
• To move up one menu item within a menu, press the up-arrow key.
• To choose a menu item, type the character in the menu item label that is
underlined. Or, move to the menu item using the arrow keys and then press
the < RETURN> key on the keyboard.
• To cancel a displayed menu, press the Escape key.
The interface supports keyboard mnemonics and the use of the arrow keys to
move within or between menus. For each menu or menu item, the underlined
character in the menu or menu item label is the keyboard mnemonic
character. Notice the keyboard mnemonic is not always the first character of
the label. If a menu item has a cascade menu attached to it, then typing the
keyboard mnemonic displays the cascade menu.
Some menu items have an ellipsis ("...") as part of the menu label. An ellipsis
indicates that the menu item will display a dialog or other box when the menu
item is chosen.
Dialog boxes support the use of the keyboard as well. To direct keyboard
input to a dialog box, you must position the mouse pointer somewhere inside
the boundaries of the dialog box. That is because the interface keyboard focus
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