Keyboard Commands

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Keyboard commands consist of a key sequence that an operator enters on the keyboard, and an instruction (or series of instructions) that executes when the key sequence is entered.

There are three types of keyboard commands:

System keyboard commands — operational for any graphics page displayed on the computer screen (see Define System Keyboard Commands).
Page keyboard commands — operational when a specific graphics page is displayed (see Page properties - Keyboard Commands).
Object keyboard commands - operational when an operator positions the mouse pointer on a graphics object (see Common Object Properties - Keyboard Commands).

Object keyboard commands have precedence over page keyboard commands (which have precedence over system keyboard commands). If you define a keyboard command for an object that is identical to a page keyboard command, the object keyboard command executes when key sequence is entered, but the page keyboard command is ignored.