Help panel title

The help panel title appears at the topmost portion of the panel, followed by a blank line separating the panel title from the panel body. If the help panel text exceeds the defined depth of the help panel, a scrolling indicator appears in the right margin of the blank line following the panel title.

Help panel body

The help panel body contains the text of the help panel.

Text within the help panel is protected, which means that the user cannot interact with the text. You define this static text within an information region in the panel definition.

Function key area

If you are creating a help panel that does not end with a scrollable area, note that ISPF reserves 4 lines at the bottom of the panel for function keys. The display of keys in the function key area is controlled by the user through the ISPF FKA command.

Information regions and help panels tells you how to define help panels and information regions.