VERITAS Enterprise Administrator UserÆs Guide 5.0 (September 2006)

42 Accessibility
Dialog boxes
Dialog boxes
Dialog boxes often contain groups of controls necessary to set options or settings for
programs.
You can select or choose controls that have an underlined letter in their titles by typing
ALT + the underlined letter at any time when the dialog box is active. TAB moves the
keyboard focus between controls, but which controls are included in the focus sequence,
and the order of the sequence, may vary between applications. Typically, items that cannot
be changed are not visited by the
TAB key. Arrow keys are used to move within a list box,
groups of option controls, or groups of page tabs. Arrow keys can move the keyboard
focus between other controls but this behavior is not reliable. Options that are unavailable
appear dimmed and cannot be selected.
While the controls described here are typically found on dialog boxes, they also can occur
in other contexts.
Command buttons, such as the OK button, carry out the command using the information
supplied in the dialog box. Other command buttons let you cancel the command or choose
from additional options.
Command buttons marked with an ellipsis (...) open another dialog box so you can provide
more information or confirm an action.
A dark border initially indicates the default button. Press
ENTER at any time to choose the
button with a dark border. Use
TAB to move the keyboard focus to the next control, and
add
SHIFT to reverse the direction. When you move the keyboard focus to a command
button it temporarily takes the dark border, but when the keyboard focus is not on a
command button the dark border returns to the default button. Press
SPACEBAR to choose
the command button you selected with
TAB. Use ESC to immediately choose the Cancel
button if there is one. Typing the access key for a command button will immediately carry
out the command.
Find Previous P None
Hide Navigation Tabs H None
Index I None
Print P None
Search S None
Synchronize N None
Table 3-3 VEA and applications help additions to Microsoft keyboard conventions
Convention Mnemonic Accelerator