General Keyboard Navigation Within the GUI

You can navigate and use VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle with only the keyboard. In the GUI, the current active tree or table has a dark blue highlight, and the current active tab, radio button, or checkbox is enclosed within a rectangle formed by dotted lines. These areas are said to have focus and will respond to commands.

All VERITAS GUIs use the following keyboard navigation standards:

• Tab moves the focus to the next active area, field, or control, following a preset sequence. Shift+Tab moves the focus in the reverse direction through the sequence.
• Ctrl+Tab exits any Console area that you internally navigate with Tab.
• Up and Down arrow keys move focus up and down the items of a list.
• ALT in combination with the underlined mnemonic letter for a field or command button shifts the focus to that field or button.
• Enter activates your selection. For example, after pressing Tab to select the Next button in a wizard panel, press Enter to display the next screen.

Keyboard Navigation Within Dialog Boxes

Dialog boxes contain groups of controls necessary to set options or settings for programs. Here are some general rules about dialog box navigation:

• Tab moves focus between controls within the dialog box along a preset sequence.
• Controls displaying a mnemonic (an underlined letter) can be selected regardless of focus by typing ALT and the underlined letter.
• A dark border indicates the default command button. Press Enter at any time to choose the button with a dark border.
• ALT C chooses the Cancel button if one exists.
• Spacebar chooses a control you select with Tab.
• Spacebar changes the state of a checkbox or radio button that has focus. Typing a mnemonic (if one is available) will move the focus to the checkbox or radio button and change its state.
• Arrow keys move focus within listboxes, sliders, groups of option controls, or groups of page tabs.
• Items that cannot be changed are not visited by the Tab key sequence. Options that are unavailable are grayed-out and can neither be selected nor given focus.

While the controls described here are typically found in dialog boxes, they also can occur in other contexts. The same navigation standards will apply.

Tabbed Dialog Boxes

Some dialog boxes use tabbed pages to subcategorize groups of many options. Each tabbed page contains different groups of controls. Use Tab to move the focus between tabs within a dialog box. Typing the mnemonic for a tab also moves the focus to the tab and displays its page of controls.

The following table lists keyboard navigation rules within tabbed dialog boxes:

Keyboard Navigation within Tabbed Dialog Boxes 

Listboxes

Listboxes display a column of available choices. There are different kinds of listboxes with additional navigation conventions:

• Drop-down listboxes by default show only the selected item. A small button to the right of the control shows a downward-pointing arrow. Select the arrow to display more items from the listbox. If there are more choices than can fit in the preset listbox area, a slider appears along the side of the listbox. Show or hide the list using F4. Enter selects or deselects an item.
• Extended selection listboxes support selecting single items, blocks of items, or combinations of the two. After selecting an item, hold down Shift+ or Ctrl+navigation keys to select or deselect additional items or blocks of items.