Keyboard and Menu Shortcuts

The following table shows the keyboard and menu shortcuts available on the Contract Repository Editor.

Action Keyboard Shortcut Menu or Tab Path

Log on to the Contract Repository

Ctrl L

File->Logon

Import an FML or View file into the Contract Repository database

Ctrl I

File->Import FML/VIEW

Refresh the Contract Repository Editor object tree against the Contract Repository database

Ctrl R

File->Refresh

Log off the Contract Repository

Ctrl L

File->Logoff

Exit the Contract Repository Editor

None

File->Exit

Add a module, interface, element, or structure to the selected root tree of kind of object you want to add

Ctrl Insert

Edit->Add

Delete the selected object

Ctrl Delete

Edit->Delete

Modify the selected object

Ctrl M

Edit->Modify

Export the selected object

Ctrl E

Edit->Export

Unexport the selected object

Ctrl E

Edit->Unexport

Test the selected object for run-time functionality

Ctrl T

Edit->Test

Set default logon values

Ctrl U

Settings->Logon

Set default number to be used for next FML field. If you set a default here, this number will be used when you create a new FML field via the Add Element window and accept the default.

Ctrl F

Settings->FML

Bring up the online help on the main window or a task window

F1 or Help button

Help->Some Topic

Pop-up Menus for Tree Objects. In addition to the menus and toolbar buttons, you can get a pop-up menu of actions for a selected tree object. To do this, select an item in the tree on the main window and click the right mouse button to display the actions. Highlight an action on the menu and click the right mouse button again to select it.

For information on the main window, the tree view of the repository, and toolbar buttons refer to the section on the Main Window.