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CONFIGURING THE COLOR VIRTUAL HMI
DEFINING KEY BEHAVIOR
DEFINING KEY BEHAVIOR
In addition to defining actions that occur when primitives are touched, you may define actions
to be executed when keys are pressed. To do this, first change the zoom level so that the
required key can be seen. Then, double-click the key to produce the following dialog box…
You will note that this dialog box is similar to that shown earlier in respect of primitives, but
that it has two tabbed pages. The first page is used to define what will happen when the key in
question is pressed when the current page is selected. The second page is used to define what
will happen if the key is pressed when any page is selected. The first type of action is called a
local action, while the second type is called a global action.
The color used to display the key will change according to which actions are defined…
If the key is displayed in PURPLE, a local action is defined for this PAGE.
If the key is displayed in GREEN, a GLOBAL action is defined.
If the key is displayed in BLUE, local and global actions are BOTH defined.
Once you have defined an action, you can right-click on the key and use the resulting menu to
select either Make Global or Make Local to change the action type. These options will not be
available if both types of action have already been defined.
BLOCKING DEFAULT ACTIONS
When defining key actions, you may use the Block Default Action selection as a place-holder
to prevent further processing. As an example, suppose you have configured F1 to perform a
global action, but want to prevent this action from being invoked on a particular page. By
configuring F1 on that page as Block Default Action, the global action will not occur.
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