Interaction of command and action bar choice

If you enter a command on the command line before selecting an action bar choice, the command is processed and the pull-down menu is not displayed. The CANCEL, END, and RETURN commands are exceptions. These three commands are not processed and the cursor is repositioned to the first input field in the panel body. If there is no input field, the cursor is repositioned under the action bar area. If you are running in GUI mode and select an action bar choice, any existing command on the command line is ignored.

Figure 1. Pop-Up Selected from an Action Bar Pull-Down

   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
 ─ ┌─────────────────────────────── Commands ────────────────────────────────┐
   │                         Command Table Utility                           │
   │                                                                         │
 0 │   Specifications                       Command table search order       │
 1 │   Application ID . . ISR               Application table  . : ISR       │
 2 │   Enter "/" to select option           User table 1 . . . . : USER      │
 3 │      Show description field            User table 2 . . . . :           │
 4 │                                        User table 3 . . . . :           │
 5 │                                        Site table 1 . . . . : SITE      │
 6 │                                        Site table 2 . . . . :           │
 7 │                                        Site table 3 . . . . :           │
 9 │                                        System table . . . . : ISP       │
 1 │                                                                         │
 1 │ If no application ID is specified, the current application ID will be   │
 1 │ used. The name of the command table to be processed is formed by        │
 1 │ prefixing the application id to the string 'CMDS'.  For example:        │
 1 │ Application ID  . .  TST results in a command table name of 'TSTCMDS'.  │
 P │                                                                         │
 S │ Command ===>                                                            │
   │  F1=Help       F2=Split      F3=Exit       F7=Backward   F8=Forward     │
 O │  F9=Swap      F12=Cancel                                                │
   └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel