Operating Ring Controls

When you set a ring control to any mode other than indicator mode, you can change its selected item from the keyboard or with the mouse.

You can operate a ring control from the keyboard in the following ways:

Ring controls can also be operated in pop-up format, in which a linear list of all the ring items displays. A sample ring control in pop-up format appears below.

Popping Up on a Ring Control

You can pop up on a ring control from the keyboard in the following ways:

You can operate a ring with the mouse as follows: if the ring control has up/down arrows, click on the arrows to see each ring control item.

You can pop up on a ring control with the mouse in the following ways:

Note   If the pop-up view exceeds the size of the screen, you see a list box instead of the pop-up view. Refer to Operating List Box Controls.

If the control mode of the ring control is hot or validate, a commit event is generated when you select a new item in the ring.