Mouse support

Users can perform a number of tasks with the SELECT button of a mouse when an FMLI application runs in an xterm (character terminal emulator) window in AT&T's XWIN X Window System implementation. SELECT is the leftmost button of a right-handed mouse, the rightmost button of a left-handed mouse.

SLKs

Instead of pressing a screen-labeled key, you can point the mouse at the screen label corresponding to the key, then press and release the button. If you press the button on one label and release it on another, that is, if you move the mouse while the button is pressed, FMLI selects the label on which the button was released. You can cancel a button press by pointing the mouse outside any label and releasing the button.

Menus

To make a menu item current, point the mouse at the item and press the button. If you point the mouse at a different item before releasing the button, that item is made current, the previous item made non-current. To select a current item in a single-select menu, or to mark a current item in a multi-select menu, release the button. You can cancel a button press by pointing the mouse outside the menu and releasing the button.

Forms

To make a form field current, point the mouse anywhere in the field, then press and release the button. If you press the button in one field and release it in another, FMLI makes current the field in which the button was released. Cancel a button press by pointing the mouse outside the form and releasing the button.

Scrolling

To scroll a frame, point the mouse at the appropriate scroll box indicator, then press and release the button. If you press the button on one indicator and release it on the other, FMLI selects the indicator on which the button was released. Cancel a button press by moving the mouse outside the scroll box and releasing the button.

Frame Navigation

To make a frame current, point the mouse anywhere in the frame and press the button. If the mouse points at a menu item, that item is made current; releasing the button will cause FMLI to select or mark the item. If the mouse points at a form field, releasing the button will cause FMLI to make that field current. If you want only to make the frame current, point the mouse at the title bar, then press and release the button.

Frame Management

To move a current frame, select frm-mgmt in the Command Menu, then move in the frame management menu. Point the mouse at the position on the screen where you want the upper left-hand corner of the frame to appear, then press and release the button. You can press the button before pointing the mouse; FMLI will select the screen position at which the button was released.

To reshape a current menu or text frame (recall that you cannot reshape a form), select reshape in the frame management menu. Point the mouse at the position on the screen where you want the upper left-hand corner of the frame to appear, then press and release the button. Now point the mouse at the position on the screen where you want the lower right-hand corner of the frame to appear, then press and release the button. You can press the button before pointing the mouse; FMLI will select the screen positions at which the button was released.