Navigating from panel to panel

To call a panel, enter the corresponding number or letter in the option line and press ENTER.

To jump to a panel directly from the "Primary Selection Menu" skipping one or several intermediate panels, enter the numbers or letters separated by a period.

To call a panel directly from any other panel, enter an equal sign ( = ) followed by the numbers or letters separated by a period.

Example

To call the Beta System Profile Options in order to display or modify profiles, do one of the following:

• In the "Primary Selection Menu", type the letter P in the option line and press ENTER to display the "User Profile Selection Menu", then type 2 in the option line and press ENTER to call the "BETA System Profile Options".
• In the "Primary Selection Menu", type P.2 in the option line and press ENTER. This will skip the "User Profile Selection Menu", and call the "Beta System Profile Options" directly.
• In any panel, type =P.2 in the option line and press ENTER. This will call the "Beta System Profile Options" directly.

  Note: The ISPF jump function is not available under VDF.

Display and entry fields

Display fields are marked by a colon ( : ).

Entry fields are marked by an arrow ( ===> ).

Navigating within a panel

Use the arrow keys or mouse to move the cursor through the panel.

Use TAB or NEWLINE to jump directly to the entry fields of a panel.

Pressing TAB moves the cursor to the next entry field to the right or below.

Pressing SHIFT+TAB moves the cursor to the previous entry field.

Pressing NEWLINE moves the cursor downward to the next entry field. NEWLINE always moves the cursor to the first entry field in a line.

Saving changes

To modify existing data or enter new data, type the data in the entry field or fields and press ENTER to save your changes.

To quit a panel without saving changes, press PF3.

Scrolling within tables

When tables contain more information than can be displayed on one screen, use the following commands or keys for scrolling:

Use command ...	or function key ...	to scroll ...
DOWN	PF8	downward
UP	PF7	upward
RIGHT	PF11	to the right
LEFT	PF10	to the left

Using blanks in fields

Do not use blanks within name fields, for example, Form and Extension. Trailing blanks are okay, though, if the name you have chosen is shorter than the maximum length of the field.

You can use any number of blanks within description fields, for example, Title.

Displaying line commands

Available line commands are displayed below the panel title in ISPF tables. Depending on the type of table, you can turn the display off by specifying No in the Extended help field in your profile (option P.2). Or you can use the primary commands PROF HL OFF and PROF HL ON to turn the display off or on during the current session.

Multi-selection

You can enter line commands in front of several rows in a table before pressing ENTER. The commands will be executed one after the other.

Block commands

Block commands apply to all entries of a table that are located between the two commands. For example, type DD at the beginning and at the end of a block in the List Selection table to mark all lists between the two commands for deletion.

When a line command comprises two characters, you must duplicate the first character to enter a block command. For example, type UUD at the beginning and at the end of a block if you want to remove the deletion mark from all lists located between the two commands.