ISPF provides a default key mapping list named ISPKYLST for application panels. If you do not specify a key mapping list to be associated with a panel (using the KEYLIST attribute of the PANEL or PANDEF tag), ISPF uses the keys defined for ISPKYLST to display in the function key area of the panel when it is displayed. See PANEL (Panel) for information about coding the PANEL tag.

ISPF provides a default key mapping list named ISPHELP for help panels. If you do not specify a key mapping list to be associated with a panel (using the KEYLIST attribute of the HELP or HELPDEF tag), ISPF uses the keys defined for ISPHELP to display in the function key area of the panel when it is displayed. See HELP (Help Panel) for information about coding the HELP tag and Table 1 for key mappings of the ISPHELP keylist.

You can override the ISPF default key mapping list by specifying a KEYLIST attribute in the panel definition. All keys that you want to be active, including those for ISPF-provided commands, must be specified in the key mapping list referred to by the KEYLIST attribute.