VERITAS Enterprise Administrator UserÆs Guide 5.0 (September 2006)

Chapter
3
Accessibility
Accessibility is enhanced by the use of:
■ Keyboard shortcuts
■ Dialog boxes
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are possible using accelerators and mnemonics.
Accelerators
Accelerators are key combinations that provide shortcut access to GUI functions. They
allow you to use a computer from the keyboard, rather than using the mouse. Accelerators
are sometimes a quicker way of getting to a command, especially for the experienced user
or a user who is disabled and is unable to manipulate a mouse or to press more than one
key at the same time. Accelerator keys are either a single keystroke or two or more
keystrokes that can be pressed in succession (rather than holding them simultaneously).
Some users are unable to use a mouse, and some users prefer to use the keyboard rather
than a mouse.
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