Navigating The Oscar Interface; Table 3.3: Oscar Interface Navigation Basics - Avocent AUTOVIEW 3008 Installer/User Manual

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Navigating the OSCAR interface

This table describes how to navigate the OSCAR interface using the keyboard and mouse.

Table 3.3: OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics

Keystroke
<Print Screen>, Ctrl-Ctrl,
Shift-Shift and/or Alt-Alt
F1
Escape
Alt
Alt+X
Alt+O
Enter
Single-click, Enter
Print Screen, Backspace
Print Screen, Alt+0 (zero)
Print Screen, Pause
Up/Down Arrows
Right/Left Arrows
Page Up/Page Down
Home/End
Backspace
Function
OSCAR interface activation sequence. By default, <Print Screen> and Ctrl-
Ctrl are set as the OSCAR activation options. Shift-Shift and Alt-Alt must be
set within the OSCAR interface before use.
Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box.
Closes the current dialog box without saving changes and returns to the
previous one. If the Main dialog box is displayed, pressing Escape closes the
OSCAR interface and displays a status flag if status flags are enabled. See the
Commands Dialog Box Functions on page 25 for more information. In a
message box, pressing Escape closes the pop-up box and returns to the
current dialog box.
Opens dialog boxes, selects or checks options and executes actions when
used with underlined or other designated letters.
Closes current dialog box and returns to previous one.
Selects the OK button, then returns to the previous dialog box.
Completes a switch operation in the Main dialog box and exits the
OSCAR interface.
In a text box, single-clicking an entry and pressing Enter selects the text for
editing and enables the Left and Right Arrow keys to move the cursor. Press
Enter again to quit the Edit mode.
Toggles back to previous selection.
Immediately disengages user from a target device; no target device is selected.
Status flag displays Free. (This only applies to the 0 (zero) on the keyboard and
not the numeric keypad.)
Immediately turns on Screen Saver mode and prevents access to that specific
console, if it is password protected.
Moves the cursor from line to line in lists.
Moves the cursor between columns. When editing a text box, these keys move
the cursor within the column.
Pages up and down through Name and Port lists and Help pages.
Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of a list.
Erases characters in a text box.