Menus

A menu, or selection panel, allows you to type a number or letter in the Option field and press Enter to select one of the listed items. The number or letter can be typed in either uppercase or lowercase. Allowable numbers and letters are shown in high intensity. You can also enter ISPF commands. See Figure 1 for an example of a menu.

Note: If the word BLANK or blank is listed, leave the Option field blank and press Enter to select that option. Do not type the word blank.

Figure 1. Primary Option Menu showing key features

 1   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
                            ISPF Primary Option Menu
  2 
 0  Settings      Terminal and user parameters            User ID . : USERID
 1  View          Display source data or listings         Time. . . : 13:13
 2  Edit          Create or change source data            Terminal. : 3278
 3  Utilities     Perform utility functions               Screen. . : 1
 4  Foreground    Interactive language processing         Language. : 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 : MVS8
 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 ===>                                                                   
 3   F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

1: Action bar. You can select any of the action bar choices and display a pull-down.
2: Options Menu. The fields in this column are point-and-shoot text fields.
3: Function Key bar. Displays the Function Keys that are active on the current panel.