Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 437)

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Specifying the behavior of objects with input focus
Objects with input focus are ready to accept keyboard or mouse input.
You can specify whether objects with input focus in a graphic display have a highlight
box, and what color the highlight will be.
Using both types of highlight in the same display
You can choose to highlight only interactive objects, only objects with input focus, or both
types of object.
An interactive object is highlighted when the mouse passes over it. An object that can take
input focus is highlighted when it has focus. It is possible for one object to show both
types of highlight at the same time.
The following illustration shows what the two types of highlight might look like in a
graphic display.
When selecting highlight colors, be sure to pick colors that stand out from the background
of the display.
Showing the on-screen keyboard
To show a keyboard at run time, to interact with numeric input, string input, and recipe
objects in the graphic display, select the check box, Display On-screen Keyboard.
The on-screen keyboard is typically used with systems that do not have a hardware
keyboard, such as systems that only use touch screens.
When the operator clicks or touches the selected object, or presses Enter on a hardware
keyboard, the on-screen keyboard is presented.
This interactive
object is highlighted
because the pointer
is resting on it.
This input object is
highlighted because
it has focus, as the
cursor indicates.