Entry Boxes; Dialog Box With Entry Boxes - Alcatel-Lucent 1850 User Provisioning Manual

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Entry boxes

Description and definition
Entry fields are the placeholders to insert and modify data. See
Figure 2-12 Dialog box with entry boxes
Entry box label
Each Entry Box has two parts:
Entry Box Label - Indicates what is entered or what is to be entered in the entry area
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concerned.
Entry Box - When selected, enables you to enter a text.
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Note:
have a different color than other entry areas in which text can be entered. In the
example above, the Granularity entry box may not be used for text entry. Its color is
lighter than the other entry areas. Furthermore the text cursor is dotted, indicating that
text cannot be entered.
To access an entry box and enter text, click on the text entry area. The text cursor begins to
blink. The text cursor has an I-beam shape. The following keys are useful when entering
text.
Key
Back Space
Del
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To access another entry box, you can either click in the entry box using the Select mouse
button or use the Tab key on the keyboard.
Select the Tab key that enables you to pass to an entry box situated beneath the one from
which the Tab key is pressed. Select Shift+Tab keys to access an entry box situated above
the one from which the action is launched.
Note:
Therefore, when a dialogue box containing entry boxes opens, the Tab key takes you
directly to the first entry box in which you can write.
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The text entry areas may not be accessible for entering text. In this case they
The Tab key does not give you access to those entry boxes that are read only.
Figure
Text box (text entry area)
Function
Deletes to the left.
Deletes to the right.
Displace the cursor along the text.
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Issue 1 February 2009