The key assignments active for an application panel are defined and stored within keylists. These key assignments allow the user to request commands and other actions through the use of function keys. Key assignments for your application are displayed in the function key area of application panels. Keylists can be shared across all users by defining them using DTL. This creates an xxxxKEYS table that is placed in the ISPTLIB concatenation. Users can modify keylists using the KEYS and KEYLIST commands. Both commands invoke the Keylist utility. Modifications to keylists are stored in the user's application profile, thus they are called private.

You can view or modify keylists either through the KEYLIST command or the Keylist settings choice from the Function keys pull-down on the ISPF Settings panel. You can control whether your application uses keylists or not with the KEYLIST command or the Keylist settings choice from the Function keys pull-down on the ISPF Settings panel. You can also control whether you use keylists as provided with the application or with user modifications. You assign the keylist to a particular panel by using the keylist keyword on the )PANEL statement or by using the keylist attribute on the PANEL tag. For a description of the panel section, see Defining the panel section.