Screen structure and navigation, Screen structure and navigation -9 – IronPort Systems 4108GL User Manual

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Using the Menu Interface

Screen Structure and Navigation

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Screen Structure and Navigation

Menu interface screens include these three elements:

Parameter fields and/or read-only information such as statistics

Navigation and configuration actions, such as Save, Edit, and Cancel

Help line to describe navigation options, individual parameters, and read-
only data

For example, in the following System Information screen:

Figure 2-4. Elements of the Screen Structure

“Forms” Design

. The configuration screens, in particular, operate similarly

to a number of PC applications that use forms for data entry. When you first
enter these screens, you see the current configuration for the item you have
selected. To change the configuration, the basic operation is to:

1.

Press

[E] to select the Edit action.

2.

Navigate through the screen making all the necessary configuration
changes. (See Table 4-1 on the next page.)

3.

Press

[Enter] to return to the Actions line. From there you can save the

configuration changes or cancel the changes. Cancel returns the configu-
ration to the values you saw when you first entered the screen.

Help line
describing the
selected action
or selected
parameter field

Parameter fields

Help describing each of the
items in the parameter fields

Navigation instructions

Actions line

Screen title – identifies
the location within the
menu structure

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