Operation Using the Keyboard

The Windows® conventions apply to the general operation of ASCET, such as navigating through menus or activating a specific window.

Pressing the underlined letter in a menu while holding down the <Alt> key activates the corresponding command. You can activate a subordinate menu command by pressing the underlined letter together with the <Shift> key.

For example, to open the File menu in Component Manager with a keyboard command, press the <Alt> + <f> key combination.

To switch to the next window or list box within the working windows, press the <Tab> key (in the order from top left to bottom right). As an alternative, you can use <Alt> key and the underlined character (number or letter) of the field or list label to switch to the corresponding field or list box.

The arrow keys allow you to skip to the next item in list boxes. You can select multiple items by making your selection while pressing the <Shift> key.

According to the Windows® conventions, you can switch between the working windows using the keyboard shortcut <Alt> + <Tab>. In this sense, all subsystems of ASCET, such as the component editors, the experiment environment, or implementation or data editor, are treated as individual applications.

If you need <Tab> within the window for other functions, e.g. when editing text, you can switch to the next window element using the keyboard shortcut <Ctrl> + <Tab>.

Switching between several tabs in a window or field (e.g. in the Component Manager, "Contents" field) is done—pursuant to the Windows® convention—by pressing the <Ctrl> + <Tab> key combination.

Within a window, you can use the underlined letter of the box or list title, while holding down the <Alt> key, to switch to the corresponding list box. For example, <Alt> + <2> would activate the "Comment" field.