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Special keys are available for extended ACCEPT statements.

The COB-CRT-STATUS values are in the screenio.cpy copy file.

6.4.1 Arrow keys

The Left-Arrow key moves the cursor to the left. Without AUTO-SKIP the cursor stops at the beginning of the field. With AUTO-SKIP it returns with the COB-SCR-KEY-LEFT value of 2009. See AUTO-SKIP.

The Alt-Left-Arrow key is the same as Left-Arrow except that it never returns, even for AUTO-SKIP.

The Right-Arrow key moves the cursor to the right. Without AUTO-SKIP the cursor stops at the end of the field. With AUTO-SKIP it returns with the COB-SCR-KEY-RIGHT value of 2010. See AUTO-SKIP.

The Alt-Right-Arrow key is the same as Right-Arrow except that it never returns, even for AUTO-SKIP.

6.4.2 Backspace key

The Backspace key moves the cursor, and the remainder of the text, to the left.

6.4.3 Delete keys

The Delete key deletes the cursor’s character and moves the remainder of the text to the left. The cursor does not move.

The Alt-Delete key deletes all text from the cursor to the end of the field.

6.4.4 End key

The End key moves the cursor after the last non-space character. Pressing the End key again moves the cursor to the end of the field. Repeated pressing moves the cursor back and forth.

6.4.5 Home key

The Home key moves the cursor to the first non-space character. Pressing the Home key again moves the cursor to the beginning of the field. Repeated pressing moves the cursor back and forth.

6.4.6 Insert key

The Insert key changes the insert mode.

The value of the insert mode is used in all following ACCEPT statements while the program is running.

When the insert mode is on, typed characters move the existing characters to the right until field is full. When it is off, typed characters type over existing characters.

Note: The insert mode is ignored for fields with a size of 1.

The insert mode can also be changed by the COB_INSERT_MODE setting at any time, see Runtime Configuration.

6.4.7 Tab keys

The Tab key returns from the ACCEPT with the COB-SCR-TAB value of 2007.

The Shift-Tab key returns with the COB-SCR-BACK-TAB value of 2008.