Pop-up Windows

Pop-up windows are small panels that overlay the base panel. You display a pop-up window when you choose a selection from a pull-down menu or enter a command at the Command Prompt field. Pop-up windows may prompt you for further selections, alert you to an error, or display help or security information. More than one pop-up window can be displayed at a time, and the windows can overlap each other.

When you select 1 from the Product Options pull-down menu, the Update Personal Options pop-up window appears.

Figure 1. Update Personal Options Pop-up Window

o    Actions  Options  Commands  Features  Help
------------- +----------------------------------------------+ ---------------
              |             Update Personal Options          |   More:  +
              |                                              |
              |  Change any of the following options, then   | 
Select sessio |  press ENTER.                                |
              |    Beep....................ON_   (ON or OFF) |
   Session ID |    Panel ID's..............ON_   (ON or OFF) |
   ---------- |    Message ID's............ON_   (ON or OFF) |
   TSOA       |    Cursor selection........ON_   (ON or OFF) | 
   TSOB       |    Display menu by groups..OFF   (ON or OFF) | 
   TSOC       |    Confirm delete..........ON_  (ON or OFF   | 
   VPSSCUA    |    National Language.......EN                |
              |    Default printer name..                    |
              |    Initial dialog name...                    |
              |                                              |
              |  Command ===>                                |
              |  Enter  F1=Help  F4=Prompt  F12=Cancel       |
              +----------------------------------------------+

Command ===>                                                      SYSA/KLST001
Enter  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F5=Refresh  F8=Fwd  F9=Retrieve  F10=Action

Pop-up windows and pull-down menus differ in these ways:

  • A pull-down menu appears when you make an action bar selection, and a pop-up window does not.
  • A pull-down menu contains only a selection list, whereas a pop-up window may contain data entry fields and messages.