46 The Keypads
MX6 Reference Guide E-EQ-MX6RG-E-ARC
Arrow Keys
Press the arrow (or cursor key) to move the cursor or highlighted text entry during a menu/list
selection. In Normal mode:
• The Up arrow moves the cursor up one row or line.
• The Right arrow moves the cursor to the right one character.
• The Down arrow moves the cursor down one line or row.
• The Left arrow moves the cursor to the left one character.
Modifier Keys CTRL and ALT
The Ctrl and Alt keys are located on the bottom row of the keypad. Functions of the Ctrl and Alt
keys depend on the software application in use.
Note: Unlike the SFT key, Ctrl and Alt are not “sticky”. Press and hold Ctrl or Alt down while
pressing the next key.
The blue and red keys (the blue key is to the left and red key is to the right) are used in
conjunction with other keys to type the corresponding color-coded characters and functions. The
Red and Blue keys modify only the next key pressed; these keys must be pressed and released
before each key to be modified to the Blue or Red case.
Blue and red screen printing on the keypad match the left / right pattern of the blue and red keys.
For example, press the Blue key and the U key to open the Start menu; press the Red key and the
U key for the F21 function.
Keypress Sequences
See Appendix A for key maps for all keypads.
Function Keys
Function keys F6, F7 and F11 do not produce the standard windows messaging sequence. Instead
they produce the following:
F6 WM_KEYDOWN wParam=0x60
WM_KEYUP wParam=0x60
F7 WM_KEYDOWN wParam=0x61
WM_KEYUP wParam=0x61
F11 WM_KEYDOWN wParam=0x62
WM_KEYUP wParam=0x62
In order to use these keys as function keys, applications must interpret the message sequences
above.
Note: Use <CTRL>+<F1> key sequence to get function key F7, <CTRL>+<F5> key
sequence to get function key F11. These “second key” functions bypass the standard
windows messaging sequence described above for F7 and F11.
