Character-Mode Keyboard Commands

The following tables list the navigation, help, and edit keyboard commands used throughout the character user interface. When you are using a program, the Progress status bar at the bottom of the screen summarizes the specific keys used in that program.

Some commands require two keys to be pressed at the same time; other key strokes are sequential. This table uses a plus sign (+) to indicate keys pressed at the same time and a hyphen (–) to show keys pressed in sequence.


Navigation Commands	Keyboard Entry	Control Key Entry	Description
Go	F1	Ctrl+X	Moves to next frame.
End	F4	Ctrl+E	Exits a frame, program, or menu.
User Menu	F6	Ctrl+P	Displays list of user-selected programs.
Previous	F9 or up arrow	Ctrl+K	Retrieves previous record in a key data field and scrolls up in lookup browses.
Next	F10 or down arrow	Ctrl+J	Retrieves next record in a key data field and scrolls down in lookup browses.
Enter	Enter		Moves to next field within a frame.
Tab	Tab		Moves to next field within a frame.
Back Tab		Ctrl+U	Moves back one field within a frame.
Menu Bar (Browse)	Esc-M		Accesses the menu bar. This is not available from Windows character clients. Use the mouse instead.


Help Commands	Keyboard Entry	Control Key Entry	Description
Field Help	F2		Opens help on current field.
Procedure Help	F2		Opens help on current program.
Lookup Browse	F2		Displays choice of records.
Browse Options	F7		Opens the browse options window.
Browse Options Toggle	Esc-F		Turns the browse options on and off. This is not available from Windows character clients. Use the mouse instead.
Field Name	Ctrl+F	Ctrl+F	Displays a screen of information about the current program context, including the field name.


Edit Commands	Keyboard Entry	Control Key Entry	Description
Insert	F3	Ctrl+T	Enables text insertion.
Delete Record	F5	Ctrl+D	Deletes an open record.
Recall	F7	Ctrl+R	Recalls last saved value in a field.
Cut	F8		Clears a field.
Copy	F11	Ctrl+B	Copies a field.
Paste	F11	Ctrl+B	Inserts value that you copied.
Multiple Copy	F12	Ctrl+A	Copies values from one or more fields and pastes them into the same fields of another record.
Clear Date	Shift+?		Clears the value in date fields.

F12 or Ctrl+A stores values for any number of fields. Values are pasted back when you press F12 or Ctrl+A again. The field values are stored separately for each field and for each user, and the values are saved between logon sessions.

Example: Using Sales Order Maintenance, enter a value in Channel and press F12 while the cursor is still in the field to store the value. Then enter a value in Credit Terms and press F12 to store that entry. Finish entering the sales order. The next time you enter a sales order, press F12 in the empty Channel field and the stored value is entered. Press F12 on the Credit Terms to input the stored credit terms.

To store field values in a maintenance program, you must select Go or Enter through the frame containing the field values you stored. If you exit the frame using End, the field values you stored are not saved. This is only true in maintenance and other update programs. Values stored using F12 in reports and inquiries are saved even if you do not select Go or Enter to complete the frame.

Because of performance issues, you may not want to run resource-intensive processes such as Material Requirements Planning (MRP) from the QAD .NET UI. In an environment that does not include UNIX character clients, you can run these processes through the Windows character client interface.