CHCSLT (Choice Color/Display Attribute when Selected) keyword for display files

You use this field-level keyword to specify the color or display attributes to be used when the system is displaying a selected choice in a menu bar or selection field.

You can use this keyword to specify the color or display attributes to be used for selected choices in a selection field, if the selection field is in a pull-down menu that has PULLDOWN (*NOSLTIND). You can also use the CHCSLT keyword on a subfile control record, when the subfile is used as a single choice or multiple choice selection list. The selected list item is displayed in the color indicated by the keyword on a color display, or displayed with the attribute indicated by the keyword.

The format of the keyword is:

CHCSLT([color] [display-attributes])

One parameter must be specified.

The color parameter indicates the color of the choice text specified on the MNUBARCHC or CHOICE keywords for the field on a color workstation. The parameter is specified as an expression of the form (*COLOR value).

The valid values for the color parameter are:

Value	Meaning
BLU	Blue
GRN	Green
PNK	Pink
RED	Red
TRQ	Turquoise
YLW	Yellow
WHT	White

If the color parameter is not specified, the default color for the selected choice in a menu bar is white. The default color for the selected choices in a selection field in a pull-down menu that does not display selection characters is white. The color parameter is ignored on a monochrome display.

The display-attribute parameter indicates the display attributes of the choice text specified on the MNUBARCHC or CHOICE keywords for the field. The parameter is specified as an expression of the form (*DSPATR value1 <value2 <value3...>>).

The valid values for the display attributes are:

Value	Meaning
BL	Blink
CS	Column separator
HI	High intensity
ND	Nondisplay
RI	Reverse image
UL	Underline

The default display attribute for the selected choice in a menu bar is normal (or low) intensity. The default display attribute for the selected choices in a selection field in a pull-down menu that does not display selection characters is high intensity.

Note: Display attributes CS, HI, and BL can cause fields on 5292, 3179, 3197 Models C1 and C2, 3477 Model FC, 3486, 3487 Models HC, and 3488 workstations to appear as color fields. Separator lines do not appear when display attributes HI, RI, and UL are used.

When this keyword is specified for a field, either the MNUBARCHC keyword or the CHOICE keyword must also be specified on the field. If the CHOICE keyword is specified on the field rather than MNUBARCHC, the record containing this field must have the PULLDOWN keyword specified with the value *NOSLTIND. When CHCSLT is specified for a subfile control record, either the SFLSNGCHC or SFLMLTCHC keyword must also be specified on the subfile record.

Option indicators are valid for this keyword.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the CHCSLT keyword:

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
     A
     A          R RECORD                    MNUBAR
     A            F1             2Y 0B  1  2
     A                                      MNUBARCHC(1 PULLFILE 'File        ')
     A                                      MNUBARCHC(2 PULLEDIT 'Edit        ')
     A                                      CHCSLT((*COLOR PNK) (*DSPATR RI))
     A

In this example, when the choice is selected on a color display, the menu bar is displayed in pink reverse image.

¹ Dependent on the monitor attached to the display device.