Status pull-down

When you select one of the choices in the Status pull-down on the ISPF Primary Option Menu action bar (shown in Figure 1), you specify what you want to display in the status area on the Primary Option Menu panel.

Figure 1. Status pull-down on the ISPF Primary Option Menu (ISR@PRIM)

   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
 ──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ ──────────
                            ISPF Prim │    *. Session              │
                                      │    2. Function keys        │
 0  Settings      Terminal and user p │    3. Calendar             │  USERID
 1  View          Display source data │    4. User status          │  16:04
 2  Edit          Create or change so │    5. User point and shoot │  3278
 3  Utilities     Perform utility fun │    6. None                 │  1
 4  Foreground    Interactive languag └────────────────────────────┘  ENGLISH
 5  Batch         Submit job for language processing      Appl ID . : ISR
 6  Command       Enter TSO or Workstation commands       TSO logon : ISPF
 7  Dialog Test   Perform dialog testing                  TSO prefix: USERID
 9  IBM Products  IBM program development products        System ID : ISD1
 10 SCLM          SW Configuration Library Manager        MVS acct. : IBMGSA
 11 Workplace     ISPF Object/Action Workplace            Release . : ISPF 5.9
 12 z/OS System   z/OS system programmer applications
 13 z/OS User     z/OS user applications

      Enter X to Terminate using Log/List defaults


 Option ===>                                                                   
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

Note: The current setting is shown as an unavailable choice; that is, displays in blue (the default) with an asterisk as the first digit of the selection number. If you are running in GUI mode the choice is grayed.