Control Studio navigation

Navigating in Control Studio is easy. You can use your mouse or the keyboard or any combination of the two to perform such as selecting items, accessing menus, editing parameters, and toggling between programs.

Table: Navigation Tips
Action	Result
Click the right mouse button	Provides a context menu. This menu changes based on what the selected item is.
Click the left mouse button	Selects the item, whether an icon, a menu option, or a button. When selecting the menu or button, the function represented by the menu or button is executed.
Double-click	Using the left mouse button, selects the item and executes the function represented by the item.
ENTER key	Accepts and executes the selected item. This item can be a button, a menu option, or an object.
TAB key	Moves the cursor to the next field in a dialog window.
ALT+TAB	Toggles between running applications, for example, switching between DeltaV Explorer and Control Studio.
ALT+underlined character	Selects the function for that item. This is available in menus, buttons and dialogs, providing there is a character that is underlined. Note In some cases, you can press only the underlined character. This is only true when the menu, button or dialog currently has focus.

Note

The right mouse button is used extensively in Control Studio. You can access all the block, alarm, and parameter properties by right-clicking.

The following terms are universal in Windows applications. The DeltaV documentation uses these terms.

Table: Special Terms for Navigation
Term	Definition
Collapse	To close the list and hide all the items that make up the list. Click the next to the item to collapse the list.
Context menu	A menu that changes based on what item is selected when the menu is called. The menu is dependent on the context from which it is accessed. The context menu is accessed by right-clicking an item.
Cut + paste	To remove (cut) an item from one spot and placing (pasting) it in a new spot.
Drag (and drop)	To select an item with a single-click of the left mouse button and, while holding the mouse button down, move the item on the window. This results in a copy of the selected item being created.
Drill down	To double-click an item and expose the layers underneath. You can then drill down into one of the layers by double-clicking that layer. You can drill down any item that has layers until you reach the lowest layer.
Expand	To open a list and view all the items that make up the list. Click the next to the top item to expand the list.