8.4.2 Special Keys in Menu

The following table describes the action of special keys in menu.

Table 8-1: Menu Special Keys

Name Key(s) Function

Up Arrow gifs/00000005.gif Moves the choice cursor to the next choice above in the same column as the current choice. If there is no choice above, the cursor wraps around to the bottom. If there is no current choice, the cursor moves to the last choice on the screen.

Down Arrow gifs/00000004.gif Moves the choice cursor to the next choice below in the same column as the current choice. If there is no choice below, the cursor wraps around to the top. If there is no current choice, the cursor moves to first choice on the screen.

Left Arrow gifs/00000003.gif Moves the choice cursor to the next choice to the left in the same row as the current choice. If there is no choice to the left, the cursor wraps around to the right. If there is no current choice, the cursor moves to the last choice on the screen.

Right Arrow gifs/00000002.gif Moves the choice cursor to the next choice to the right in the same row as the current choice. If there is no choice to the right, the cursor wraps around to the left. If there is no current choice, the cursor moves to the first choice on the screen.

Space The Space Bar works like the Down Arrow key.

Tab The Tab key works like the Right Arrow key does.

Return The Return key selects (executes) the current choice.

Home The Home key moves the menu cursor to the first choice on the screen.

Refresh <F1> R Pressing Refresh (<F1> followed by the R) redisplays the menu.

Help <F1> H Pressing Help (<F1> followed by the H or ?) displays the help screen.

Erase Pressing the Erase key (usually Back Space) backs up and erases the last character typed.

Kill Pressing the Kill key (line erase) backs up and erases all of the characters typed on the line.

Interrupt The Interrupt key (usually Del) forces menu to quit immediately if menu was invoked with the -k flag.

Bang ! If menu was invoked with the -b option, pressing the Bang (!) key allows you to execute any DOS command from inside menu.