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Navigating the terminal menus, General layout, Menu path – ADTRAN Express L768 User Manual

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Chapter 3. Terminal Menu Operation and Structure

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NAVIGATING THE TERMINAL MENUS

The following sections provide information on how to navigate
through the terminal menus.

General Layout

When you first start a terminal mode session, the screen shown in Fig-
ure 3-1 on page 3-3 displays. The screen is divided into left and right
panes. The left pane shows the current list of submenus, while the
right pane shows the contents of a selected submenu.

Menu Path

The top line of the display shows this session’s current position (path)
in the menu tree. Figure 3-1 on page 3-3 shows the top menu level with
the cursor on the Configuration submenu, so the path display shows

Express 768/Configuration

.

Moving Around

Press

Tab

or the right arrow key to move the cursor from the left pane

to the right pane. Press

Tab

or the left arrow key to move the cursor

from the right pane back to the left pane. Use the up and down arrows
to move around within each pane. Press

Enter

to activate a menu.

Press the left arrow key or the

Escape

key to go back up the menu. The

following options display throughout the menus.

Submenus [+] or [DATA]

Menus that display

[+]

or

[DATA]

indicate that more items are avail-

able when selected.

Activation Field <+>

Menus that display

<+>

indicate that an action is to be taken, such as

activating a test.