Hard-Coded Events on the Client

The following important MS-compatible events are hard-coded in the DataView client. A user-specific assignment of the keys with other functions is illegal in the system state mentioned.

Key System State Function
[Alt],
[F],
[Shift+F]
ALL Activates the Top Menu. After that items can be selected by their significant (underlined) characters.
[CurDow],
[CurUpw]
WDG, SEL List: Select record, shift selection*
[Shift+CurDow],
[Shift+CurUpw]
WDG, SEL List: Select record, expand selection*
[Ctrl+CurDow],
[Ctrl+CurUpw]
WDG, SEL List: Move row pointer, selection remains unchanged*
[Space bar] WDG, SEL List: Toggles a selection
[Tab] WDG Combined form: Toggles between header form and visible sub-list (only if mask filled)
[Ctrl+PgDn],
[Ctrl+PgUp]
WDG Combined form: Toggles between tabs
[Ctrl+X],
[Ctrl+C],
[Ctrl+V]
MAS Cut, Copy and Paste for field contents
[Del] MAS Deletes the character right of the current cursor position
[Home], [Pos1] MAS Puts the cursor on the first position of the current field
[End] MAS Puts the cursor on the last position of the current field
[Ins] MAS Toggles insert mode (default) or overwrite mode

*The corresponding key combinations with [Home], [End], [PgUp], [PgDn] are also supported.