Navigating through ISMF Using the Action Bar

Most ISMF panels have action bars at the top. The choices display in white (by default).

The Action Bar gives you another way to move through ISMF. If the cursor is located somewhere on the panel, there are several ways to move the cursor to the action bar:

Using the keyboard's tab key
Using mouse button
Using the cursor manually

After you have chosen an Action, press ENTER to open the menu.

Figure 1 shows the List pull-down menu for the Data Set List panel. Notice the input field in the upper left corner. In the input field, type the number of the action you want. Press ENTER.

Figure 1. Action Bar Pull-Down for "List" on Data Set List Panel

   Panel  List  Dataset  Utilities  Scroll  Help
 ------ ________________________-----------------------------------------------
        | _  1. Clear          |  DATA SET LIST
 Comman |    2. Reshow         |                               Scroll ===> HALF
        |    3. Fold           |                         Entries 1-4 of 4
 Enter  |    4. Refresh        |                         Data Columns 3-6 of 41
        |    5. Filter...      |
      L |    6. Filter Clear   |              ALLOC    ALLOC   % NOT  COMPRESSED
      O |    7. Format View... | NAME         SPACE    USED    USED   FORMAT
     -- |    8. Sort...        | ----------- --(3)--  --(4)--  -(5)-  ---(6)----
        |    9. Print...       |             -------  -------    ---  ---
        |______________________|             -------  -------    ---  ---
                 USER001.SPFLOG1.LIST        -------  -------    ---  ---
                 USER001.SRCHFOR.LIST        -------  -------    ---  ---
     ----------  ------  -----------  BOTTOM OF  DATA  -----------  ------  ----