Popup Windows

Several features of TCC display popup windows. A popup window may be used to display filenames, recently-executed commands, recently-used directories, the results of an extended directory search, or a list created by the SELECT command or the @SELECT internal function.

Popup windows always display a list of choices and a cursor bar. You can move the cursor bar inside the window until you find the choice that you wish to make, then press the Enter key to select that item.

Navigation inside any popup window follows the conventions described below. Additional information on each specific type of popup window is provided where that window is discussed in detail.

You can control the position and size with the Pop-Up Windows configuration options. A few popup windows (e.g., the extended directory search window) have separate choices in the configuration dialogs. You can also change the keys used in popup windows with key mapping directives.

Once a window is open, you can use these navigation keys to find the selection you wish to make:

Note: The keystrokes shown above are the defaults values. See Key Mapping Directives for details on how to assign different keystrokes.

In addition to scrolling through a popup window, you can search the list using character matching. If you press a character, the cursor bar will move to the next entry that begins with that character. If you type multiple characters, the cursor will move to the entry that begins with the search string entered to that point (you can enter a search string up to 32 characters long). If no entry matches the character or string that you have typed, TCC beeps and does not move the cursor bar. To reset the search string, press Backspace.