Keyboard Focus Management

Keyboard focus activates the Solaris Print Manager window or the component in which your next keystrokes will take effect. Most components indicate keyboard focus by displaying a surrounding dashed rectangle, and editable text components show a blinking insertion point.

When a window opens, keyboard focus is assigned to the most logical component. Typically, this is the component that would be used first or the component in the upper left of the window, but in some cases, keyboard focus is assigned to a button.

In general, pressing the Tab key cycles keyboard focus through the major components. Pressing the Shift-Tab keys cycles keyboard focus through the components in the reverse direction. Arrow keys are used to manipulate focus within groups of components. For example, pressing the Tab key moves the focus to a set of buttons, and then pressing the arrow keys moves the focus among the individual buttons. Once an element has focus, pressing the Space bar usually activates it.