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A.  Keyboard Shortcuts for the Desktop Opening and Closing Windows To Display a Pull-down Menu  Previous   Contents   Next 
   
 

To Use a Pop-up Menu

With the keyboard focus on the component whose pop-up menu you want to display:

  1. Press Shift+F10 to display the pop-up menu.

  2. Choose a menu item:

    • Press the Down Arrow key to move through the menu, highlight the item you want, then press Return.

    • Or, type the underlined letter in the menu item's name (its mnemonic).

    • Or, type the shortcut key, as listed to the right of the item's name.

To Use the Window Menu

  1. Press Alt+Tab or Alt+Esc to move the keyboard focus, as shown by the highlight, to the window or icon.

  2. Press Alt+Spacebar to display the Window menu.

  3. Press the key for the menu item's mnemonic (the underlined character in the item's name).

    To close the menu without choosing an item, press Esc.

To Switch to Another Workspace

  1. Press Alt+Tab until you've placed the keyboard focus, as shown by the highlight, on the Front Panel.

  2. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight to the button for the workspace you want to display.

  3. Press Return or the Spacebar.

To Rename a Workspace

  1. Press Alt+Tab until you've placed the keyboard focus, as shown by the highlight, on the Front Panel.

  2. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight to the button for the workspace you want to rename.

  3. Press Shift+F10 to display the workspace button's pop-up menu.

  4. Press the Down Arrow key to select Rename, then press Return.

    The button becomes a text field.

  5. Edit the workspace's name in the text field.

  6. Once you've renamed the workspace, press Return.

To Move among Windows

To move to the next window or icon, press Alt+Tab or Alt+Esc.

To move to the previous window or icon, press Shift+Alt+Tab or Shift+Alt+Esc.

To shuffle through a stack of windows, press Alt+Up Arrow or Alt+Down Arrow.

To move between the windows belonging to an application, or the Front Panel and a subpanel, press Alt+F6 or Shift+Alt+F6.

To Display a Window in Other Workspaces

  1. Press Alt+Tab to move the keyboard focus, as shown by the highlight, to the window you want to display in other workspaces.

  2. Display the Window menu by pressing Alt+Spacebar.

  3. Press the Down Arrow key to select Occupy Workspace, then press Return.

    The Occupy Workspace dialog box appears.

  4. Press Tab until the keyboard focus is in the Workspaces list.

  5. Select the workspaces in which you want the window to appear:

    • Press Down Arrow or Up Arrow to move through the list.

    • To select more than one workspace, press Shift+Down Arrow or Shift+Up Arrow.

  6. Press Tab to move the keyboard focus to OK, then press Return or the Spacebar.

To Choose a Front Panel Control

  1. Press Alt+Tab to move the keyboard focus to the Front Panel.

  2. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight within the Front Panel and select a control.

  3. Press Return or the Spacebar to choose the control and open the application's window.

To Choose a Subpanel Control

  1. Press Alt+Tab to move the keyboard focus to the Front Panel.

  2. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight within the Front Panel to one of the subpanel arrow controls, then press Return.

  3. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight among the controls within the subpanel, then press Return or the Spacebar to choose a selected control.

    To close the subpanel without choosing a control, press Esc.

 
 
 
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