Although the mouse is not required with 3270 or 5250 mode, it is a very
important tool to facilitate many day-to-day functions. For example, clicking
the left mouse button anywhere on the 3270 screen will move the cursor
to that location.
To learn the basic editing procedures, follow the steps below:
1
To move text, pressing the left mouse button, select the text and drag
the pointer to the new location where you want to move the block of text.
The pointer location will be at the upper left hand corner of the block
of text. When you release the left mouse button, the text will be moved
to the new location. (The previous text is only deleted if the fields containing
the data were unprotected.)
2
To copy a block of text using the mouse, first select the text. Then press
the Ctrl key and the left mouse button and drag the text where you want
it inserted. Make sure that you release the mouse button before releasing
the Ctrl key or the copy will not work properly.
3
To cut the text to the clipboard, select the text and press Ctrl-X. The
program will only delete the text on the screen if it appears in unprotected
fields. To copy the text to the clipboard, select the text and press Ctrl-C.
Once in the clipboard, you can move the cursor to the specified location
on the screen and press Ctrl-V to paste the text in the clipboard back
to the screen.
4
To copy the entire 3270 or 5250 screen to the clipboard, first press Ctrl+Numpad
5. (Numpad 5 is the 5 key in the keypad area. The NumLock must be off for
this combination.) Then press Ctrl-C to copy the screen to the clipboard.
Again, once in the clipboard, you can move the cursor to any location on
the screen and press Ctrl-V to paste the text in the clipboard back to
the screen.
You can select the highlighting method in the Session Profile dialog box.
It can be a reverse highlight block or a rubber-band style selector box.
Default Mouse Actions - 3270 mode
The default mouse actions are configured as follows:
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Do this
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To
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Click left button
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Move the cursor to the pointer location.
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Click right button
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Move the cursor to the pointer location and press the Enter key. This is
very useful for 3270 applications that use pull down menus such as Rice
MAIL.
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Click and drag left button
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Highlight a block of text to delete, move, or copy to another location
on the screen or the clipboard.
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Double-click left button
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Activate the hotspot feature. If the text at the pointer location corresponds
to any hotspot text, the hotspot action will be performed.
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Shift+click left button
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Perform the 3270 or 5250 Clear key action.
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Shift+click right button
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Perform the 3270 or 5250 Enter key action.
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Ctrl+click left button
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Perform the 3270 PA1 key action. (3270 mode only)
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Ctrl+click right button
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Perform the 3270 PA2 key action. (3270 mode only)
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Shift+Ctrl+click left button
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Display the Track Menu. (3270 mode only)
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Shift+Ctrl+click right button
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Display the Track Menu. (3270 mode only)
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Light Pen Emulation
Distinct IntelliTerm supports Light Pen emulation using the mouse. If you
wish to set the right mouse button, set it to Move-Cursor-Cursor-Select.
This function moves the 3270 cursor to the current mouse pointer location
and presses the Cursor Select function which emulates the light pen.
