Navigating The Vt100 Screens; Screen Conventions - 3Com SuperStack II Switch 3000 10/100 User Manual

3-4 C 3: S
HAPTER ETTING

Navigating the VT100 Screens

Screen Conventions

To differentiate types of information, the
VT100 screens use the following conventions:
Type of
information
Choice Field
Entry Field
Button
List Box
U M
P FOR ANAGEMENT
Shown on screen Description
as...
♦text♦
Text enclosed with markers is a list from which you can select one option only. Press the
spacebar to cycle through the options. Press [Down Arrow] or [Return] to move to the next
field.
[text] Text enclosed in square brackets on the screen is a text entry field. A text entry field allows
you to enter text, numeric data or hexadecimal data from the keyboard. Password fields are
hidden, which means that the text you type is not shown on the screen. In some cases a text
entry field has a default entry. If you wish to replace the default, simply enter a new value for
this field; the default entry is erased. Press [Down Arrow] or [Return] to move to the next field.
Text for a button is always shown in uppercase letters. A button carries out an action, for
OK
example, OK or CANCEL. To operate a button move the cursor to the button and press
[Return].
A list box allows you to select one or more items from a list. There are several keys that allow
monitor
you to use a list box:
manager
[Return] moves the cursor to the next field and actions your selections.
security
The spacebar toggles through the options in a choice field or selects and deselects an entry
in the list box. List box selections will be highlighted.
[Down Arrow] moves item by item down the list box until it reaches the end of the list. At
the end of the list it moves the cursor to the next field.
[Ctrl] + [U] moves the cursor one page up the list box.
[Ctrl] + [D] moves the cursor one page down the list box.