2 The 3270 Emulation Program User Interface

This chapter describes the following topics about the user interface and its components:

• Screen clearing on different terminal types

• Menu bar

• Menus

• Dialog boxes

• Accelerator keys

• Nonselectable items

• Help screens

• Screen redrawing

• Fast exit from the menu interface

For definitions of CUA terms (menu bars, check boxes, and so on), refer to the IBM Systems Application Architecture" Common User Access Basic Interface Design Guide.

This chapter describes and illustrates the character-based version of the user interface. Where the Motif interface is different, a section of text highlighted by a Motif icon explains the differences. However, this chapter assumes that you are familiar with standard Motif features and does not attempt to describe the Motif interface in detail.

The screen images in this chapter do not show features such as highlighted characters and reverse video text.

You can view online help information about the user interface while using the menu interface programs. Press F1 to access the help screens, and then choose the <UI Info> push button. For more information about the help screens, see Help Screens.

The <UI Info> push button is not supported in the Motif interface.