If you can tab to a PAS field then you don't need the mouse, but using a PAS allows those who want to use the mouse to do so.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) <sdg>< Mainframe Systems Programmer – RavenTek Solution Partners -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 6:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Two new RFE's to consider supporting On 22/06/2018 9:32 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:13:21 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > >> Steve Smith wrote: >> >>> Isn't #1 impossible? From what I've retained (or think I have) of 3270 >>> programming, a "tab" is merely the start of an unprotected field. >> Catch-22. >> >> Correct. You cannot tab to a protected field. And I suspect that a request >> for an update to the 3270 protocol is not likely to be fulfilled at this >> point. >> > I believe many emulators nowadays interpret double-click as "shoot". Or > provide "shoot" as a pop-up selection. But that requires using a mouse which is one of the the biggest productivity killers ever invented, especially for text UIs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
