The menu and the list

The menu and the list (designated "objects") have identical behavior but differ in appearance and assignment. Each item from the menu or list represents three areas:

The icon field.
The name field.
The value field.

There are questions about the names of the interface structural units when using the menu and the list. Since the interface structural units contain the given object standards, it is expedient to enter the following terms:

Section list (Slist) - uses the menu as a rule and is the main screen for such applications as "You & Me."

  About you

  About me

  My CyPage

  Business Card

  My Photo

Extended list (Xlist) - uses for its parameters definitions, application customizations, mapping of lists of people, etc.

	Meeting purpose	Romantic
	My nick name	Unknown
	I am	a girl
	Birthday, day	2
	month	Jan
	year	1991
	Height, ft	5
	in	9
	Weight, lbs	65
	Hobby1	Cy-B
	Hobby2	Cy-B
	Hobby3	Cy-B
	Secret field1	Secret
	Secret field2	Secret
	Secret field3	Secret

In the left field can appear either an icon or no icon. The entry in the center field must leave at least ten vacant letter spaces; in the third field, at least two letter spaces must be left.

The initial state:

1.	The uppermost choice is active in the menu. The icon field and item name field are inverted. The value field is not inverted.
2.	The upper item of the list is active in the list. Only the item name field is inverted.

Lists should be scrolled by the <FN>+<UP ARROW/DOWN ARROW> combination keys. Lists should not be scrolled by the <LEFT ARROW/RIGHT ARROW> keys.

The keyboard layout of operation of the menu or the list is as follows:

<Subsection keys> switches from the current menu or the current list to the main menu of an appropriate subsection.
Keys <UP ARROW> and <DOWN ARROW> move along the menu items or the list items.
Key <ENTER> has following features:

1.	If a menu or list item branch is designated, there is a transition to the sub-menu or sub-list; if not, the appropriate application is initiated. The text of an item should be ended by "…" characters.
2.	If a branch is not stipulated, there is a transition to the previous level of branching (an exit and a save).

Key <SELECT> is accessible if input of choice value is designated. The value can be selected by pressing <SELECT>. If the keyboard input is designated, the appropriate keyboard input section is put into operation.
Keys combination <FN> + <SELECT> are accessible if change of the current menu item from the icon or list field is designated. The designated icons are scrolled in a clockwise circle.
Keys combination <FN> + <ENTER> are accessible if alternate branching of the menu or list is designated.
Key <INS> is accessible if insert of a new item through form filling is designated (see "Organizer").
Key <DEL> is accessible for deleting list or menu items.
Key <ESC> has the same function as the key <BACK>, except when a user moves up to the main section menu.
Key <?> designates "help" at each level.

The <Alpha-numeric keyboard> has the following features:

1.	If from the initial state of value of choice, any of alphanumeric keyboard keys are pressed, it will completely annihilate the previous value of choice (the mode of complete replacement). Then the cursor is placed on the first character of the value field of choice. Thus the inverted value field of choice disappears.
2.	At input the cursor is BEHIND the last character typed.
3.	When the limit of the number of characters selected for each field has been reached, then if any alphanumeric keyboard button is pressed, nothing will appear on the screen. Text editing is executed by moving through the text by <LEFT ARROW> or <RIGHT ARROW> (see lower).
4.	If from the initial state of value of choice <LEFT ARROW> and <RIGHT ARROW> are pressed, then the color inversion of the value field of choice disappears, and the cursor moves under the text of a reference value of choice (edit mode). Thus the alphanumeric keyboard works in an insert or over-write mode. It depends on the <INS> station. Thus, all rules that were described in item 3 apply here.
5.	Keys <LEFT ARROW> and <RIGHT ARROW> operate under the typed text after switching to the over-write mode or to edit mode from the initial state. The right boundary is the font letter space behind the last character and the left boundary is the first text character.
6.	The text scrolls to the right and left if it does not find room in the value field of choice during a set.