Figure 1 shows how ISPF formats
the first three and last few lines of each display:
Figure 1. Panel Format Action Bar
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Panel ID Title Short Message
⋮
Long Message
Option ===> Scroll ===>
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap
Note: The
"Panel display CUA mode" field on the ISPF Settings
panel determines where the Command or Option line and long messages
are displayed. The default setting selects
"Panel display CUA mode",
which causes the Command or Option line to be displayed on the bottom
of the panel. The default setting also selects
"Long message in
pop-up", which causes long messages to be displayed in a pop-up
window directly above the Command or Option line. To display the command
or option line and long messages at the top of the panel, select option
0, deselect the
"Panel display CUA mode" field, and deselect
the
"Command line at bottom" field. See
z/OS V2R2 ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference for
more information about the
"Panel display CUA mode" and
"Command
line placement" fields.
The fields on
Figure 1 function
as follows:
- Action Bar
- The action bar provides access to pull-down menus that give you
a new and faster way to move around in the product as well as access
to command stacking. See Figure 1 for
more information about using the action bar.
- Panel ID
- This area can
be overlaid by the system commands SYSNAME, USERID, SCRNAME, or PANELID.
The data displayed can be up to 17 characters wide. If none of these
commands is in effect, data from the panel title line is displayed.
Note: For more information about the system commands PANELID,
SCRNAME, SYSNAME, USERID, and the order of priority that determines
what is displayed in this 17-character area (if you specify more than
one of these commands), see
ISPF system commands.
- Title
- Identifies the
function being carried out and, where appropriate, the library or
data set information.
- Short Message
- Shows:
- Current line for Browse,
and column positions for View, Browse, and Edit.
- Current row position
in a table display if the short message area is not overlaid by a
function-requested message.
- Successful completion of a processing function.
- Error conditions (with an audible alarm, if one is installed).
See z/OS V2R2 ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference for
information about coding an alarm.
- Command/Option
- Allows
you to enter a command or, on a menu, to enter either a command or
an option.
- Scroll
- Indicates
the scroll amount (if scrolling applies). You can type over it to
change it. The valid scroll amounts are:
- nnnn
- A number of lines or columns (between 0 and 9999).
- CSR
- Move the line or column that contains the cursor to the edge of
the scrollable area. For example, if you scroll right, the cursor
will be positioned at the left side of the scrollable area. If you
scroll down, the cursor will be positioned at the top of the scrollable
area.
- DATA
- Scroll by one line or column less than a full page. For example,
if you scroll up, the line that was displayed at the top of the page
becomes the bottom line in the new page of data.
- HALF
- Scroll by half the number of lines or columns in the scrollable
area.
- MAX
- Scroll to the limit of the data. For example, if you enter MAX
and scroll down, the last page of data is displayed. If you enter
MAX and scroll up, the first page of data is displayed. Note that
MAX only applies to the next scroll command. When the MAX scroll command
has been processed, the scroll amount reverts to the previous setting.
- PAGE
- Scroll by the full height (if scrolling up down) or width (if
scrolling left or right).
- Long Message
- Displays an explanation of error
conditions in a pop-up window when you enter the HELP command (see Getting help). On some displays, data may be overlaid
temporarily by a long message.
- Function Keys
- Displays settings for the function keys. These settings are controlled
through the Function keys pull-down on the action bar on the ISPF
Settings panel.