Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 403)

21 • Set up graphic objects
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Once you have linked buttons to an object, you might want to turn off the object’s key
navigation, since this option is no longer needed. For details, see page 21-9.
Repeat a button’s action by holding down the button
To repeat a button’s action by pressing and holding it, set up auto repeat for the button. If
you set up auto repeat, when the operator presses and holds down the button, repeated
button presses are registered until the operator releases the button.
A button press occurs when the operator clicks an object with the mouse, presses it on a
touch screen, or presses the function key associated with the object. Auto repeat works
with all these methods of pressing buttons.
You can use auto repeat with these buttons:
For each button that uses auto repeat, you can specify these properties:
 Auto repeat rate—the number of times per second a button press is registered when
the button goes into auto repeat mode. The default rate is 0, which means that auto
repeat is turned off.
For this button Each button press does this
Multistate push Sends the value for the next state to the data source. External
changes to the Value connection are not recognized when the
button is in auto repeat mode.
Ramp Sends the new ramped value to the data source. External changes
to the Value connection are not recognized when the button is in
auto repeat mode.
Move up Moves the highlight up an item in the list, recipe selector, or recipe
table, scrolls up in the trend, or ramps the numeric input cursor
point or Numeric Input Enable button value.
Move down Moves the highlight down an item in the list, recipe selector, or
recipe table, scrolls down in the trend, or ramps the numeric input
cursor point or Numeric Input Enable button value.
Page up Moves the highlight up a page in the list, recipe selector, or recipe
table.
Page down Moves the highlight down a page in the list, recipe selector, or
recipe table.
Move left Scrolls the trend to the left.
Move right Scrolls the trend to the right.