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Key Functions for Updating Queried Data Items

The following keys and key combinations have special effects when updating the contents of data items. Some of these keys are symbolic key names which might not be present on your keyboard.

Key Name Function Default Key/Keystroke
Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the window Home
Top-of-Text Moves the cursor to beginning of the data item; causes the contents of the window to change if not currently displaying the beginning of the item Ctrl+T
End Moves the cursor to the end of the window End
Bottom-of-Text Moves the cursor to the end of the data item; causes the contents of the window to change if not currently displaying the end of the item Ctrl+V
cursor-up Moves the cursor up one line; if at the top of the window, updates the window to show the previous window of the item's contents cursor-up
cursor-down Moves the cursor down one line; if at the bottom of the window, updates the window to show the next window of the item's contents cursor-down
cursor-left Moves the cursor left one character position; if at the beginning of the window, shifts data in the window one character to the right cursor-left
cursor-right Moves the cursor right one character position; if at the end of the window shifts data in the window one character to the left cursor-right
F2 Clears the contents of the data item KEY_F2
Ins Toggles between insert and replace modes; in insert mode, Ins is highlighted on the information line; the cursor changes shape Ins
Del Deletes the character at the current cursor position; if insert mode is on, causes all other characters to the right of cursor in the window to shift left one position Del
Backspace Deletes the character before the cursor position; if insert mode is on, causes all characters to the right of cursor in the window to shift left one position Backspace
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