Scrolling

What happens if the data on an edit panel or a list of items is too long to fit on one screen? For example, the list of names on the following panel extends below the bottom of the screen.

                            NAMES - LIST OF NAMES
COMMAND ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> PAGE

To view, V, modify, M, delete, D, a name, or copy, C, to the
master directory, type the letter to the left of the selected name.
To add a name, type A on the COMMAND line.
">" beside a name indicates that it is in your private directory.

    LAST NAME            FIRST NAME      PHONE             USER ID  SYSTEM
    Green                Doris             266-4387        DORAG    COMP1
     MGR                    DeptC

    Green                Janice            266-6795        JEG1     COMP1
                            DeptE

   >Greenburg            John              266-6332        JWG      COMP1
     MGR                    DeptA

    Greenly              Mary                              MAG2     COMP1
                            DeptW

    Griswald            Thomas             266-6437        TGRIS    COMP2
                            DeptC

When a list is longer than one screen length, you can do something called scrolling. Scrolling treats information as if it were on a scroll that can be moved up and down behind the screen. You generally press PF keys to move the information.

Scrolling involves a scroll direction and a scroll amount. The four scroll directions are the same as commands you can type and typically are assigned to PF keys.

Command: PF Key
DOWN: PF 8
UP: PF 7
LEFT: PF 10
RIGHT: PF 11

You can indicate a scroll amount in the upper right hand corner of scrollable panels. There you see a field marked:

SCROLL ===>

The possible values for the scroll field are:

A number from 1-9999, representing the number of lines or columns to be scrolled.
Page or p, indicating that a full page (screen) is to be scrolled.
Half or h, indicating that a half-page is to be scrolled.
Csr or c, indicating that the screen is to be scrolled to the line on which you see the cursor.
Max or m, indicating that the panel is to be scrolled the maximum amount to the beginning or the end of the information. After max or m is used, the scroll value reverts to its previous value.
Data or d, indicating that the panel is to be scrolled a full page, minus one line.

You might notice that all scroll amounts, except for max, stay in the SCROLL field until you change them.