Carlson SurvPC allows the user to operate the interface from a touch screen as well as from a keyboard for devices that have one. The rules for keyboard navigation are outlined below:
Controls
- Edit Boxes
- Enter: Move to the next tab stop. For any measurement screen, if focus is in the description edit box, take a reading. For all other edit boxes, ENTER moves through the tab stops.
- Right/Left Arrows: Move through the text in the Edit Box like standard Windows.
- Up/Down Arrows: Move to the next tab stop.
- Down [Tab]
- Up [Shift+Tab]
- Tab: Move to the next tab stop.
Menus
In Menus like Job Settings, (Right) Tab and Left Tab [Shift+Tab] move through the tab headings (e.g. New Job, System, Format, Options, Stake) along the top of the dialog, while the arrows through the options within each tab.
- Dropdown Lists
- Enter: Expands a collapsed Dropdown List, selects the highlighted option within an expanded Dropdown List.
- Right/Left Arrows: Move to the next tab stop.
- Right [Tab]
- Left [Shift+Tab]
- Up/Down Arrows: Move through the list items.
- Tab: Move to the next tab stop.
- Tabs
- Enter: Move to the next tab stop.
- Right/Left Arrows: Move through the tabs.
- Right Next Tab
- Left Previous Tab
- Up/Down Arrows: Move to the next tab stop.
- Down [Tab]
- Up [Shift+Tab]
- Tab: Move to the next Tab.
Note: Navigation is also governed by the control that has focus and whether or not it is enabled.
Note: Many controls will also have a mnemonic accelerator that permits quick access to the control via a keypress of the underscored character.