Product basics

Using mouse buttons

Throughout our discussion in this manual, we'll refer to the mouse buttons by name, rather than position.¹ This is primarily to accommodate people that may have configured their system for left-handed operation.




The Select button is used most often. It activates buttons on the display and is used to select single items on a scrolling list. Double clicking the Select button views an issue, browses a file/folder, or edits a thread.

The Extend button can be used to select additional files and issues off the main scrolling list for the respective programs.

The Menu button will occasionally bring up a special menu when depressed over some of our scrolling lists. These hidden menus will perform functions unique to that scrolling list.
(See "Hidden menus" on page 17.)

Scrolling list behavior

The behavior of button selections within scrolling lists follows the following paradigm:

Button	Action
Select	Selects item, all others de-selected
<CTRL> Select	Selects item, other selections remain selected
Extend	Selects item, other selections remain selected1
<Shift> Select	Selects all items from last selection to current
Menu	Pops up utility menu when applicable

1 The Extend mouse button only works this way on the main scrolling list.

Keyboard accelerators

Several keyboard accelerators have been defined for the main window of issues, versions and threads to help improve user interaction. The accelerators are listed in the table below. In addition to those shown, the <ESC> key can be used on most dialogs to dismiss (popdown) the dialog.

Program	Accelerator	Action
ALL	<CTRL>x	Exit program
ALL	<CTRL>f	Popup filter dialog
ALL	<CTRL>e	Popup e-mail comments dialog
issues	<CTRL>n	Popup new issue form
issues	<CTRL>i	Popup issue number selection dialog
issues	<CTRL>t	Popup text match dialog
issues	<CTRL>b	Show/Hide toolbar
issues/versions	<CTRL>s	Select all items
issues/versions	<CTRL>d	Deselect all items
issues/versions	<CTRL>m	Toggle view of modification date
issues/versions	<CTRL>l	Days since last modified
versions/threads	<CTRL>o	Open all folders
versions/threads	<CTRL>c	Close all folders
versions/threads	<CTRL>t	Open tree
versions	<CTRL>n	New folder
versions	<CTRL>r	Rename file/folder
versions	<CTRL>a	Select all in folder
versions	<CTRL>D	Show/hide common data
versions	<CTRL>R	Restore diff pane height
threads	<CTRL>n	Create new thread

Ok, Apply, and Cancel buttons

The following rules apply to the selection of the Ok, Apply, and Cancel buttons.

• The Ok button will perform the operation and dismiss the dialog.
• The Apply button will perform the operation and leave the dialog on the screen.
• The Cancel button will dismiss the dialog from the screen without performing any action.

Hidden menus

Additional or "hidden" menus may be found on some of the panels. For instance, selecting the Menu button on the issue program's main scrolling list will display a popup menu. This new menu will provide options to select all items, deselect all items or copy selected issues. Another such "hidden" menu is available on the Check-out panel of versions. Selecting the Menu button in the issues list on the Check-out form will provide options to select all items, deselect all items, delete selections or paste issues.

¹ Not all mice are created equal. PC's for example typically only have two buttons and thus may not support the Extend feature.