Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 524)

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Setting up display keys
Use display keys to connect a graphic display with one or more keys.
Display keys are similar to object keys, except you don’t have to select an object in the
display, for a display key to respond.
For example, you could connect a display to the F6 key. At run time, when the display is
open, the operator can press F6 to perform the key’s press, repeat, or release action.
To open the Display Keys dialog box
 Right-click the display, and then select Display Keys.
For information about options in the Display Keys dialog box, click Help.
Example: Using a display key to open a menu
Suppose you want to use the Home key to open a main menu display.
To do this, create a display key that redefines the Home key, by following these steps:
1. Right-click the display, and then select Display Keys.
2. In the Display Keys dialog box, assign a display key.
3. Type the following in the Press Action box:
Display “Main Menu”
Whenever the operator presses Home, the active graphic display closes and the Main
Menu display opens.
For details about how keys and other interactive objects work at run time, see “Specifying
the behavior of interactive objects” on page 16-48.
Viewing the key list at run time
An operator can open a key list at run time, to see which keys are associated with an
object and with the graphic display, and to see what actions the keys will perform.
To show the key list
 Click an object that is associated with object keys.
If the Main Menu display is of the Overlay type, you must use the Abort command to close the
active display.