Edit Mode

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Edit Mode

You can use edit mode for the following functions:

Moving individual borders of a window
Expanding, shrinking, or zooming a window to fill the screen
Moving a window to a different location on the screen
Opening or closing a window

Edit mode functions include:

PF1 Help: Toggles the menu lines (listing the PF key commands) on and off.
PF2 Zoom: Expands a window to fill the screen and makes it the foreground window. The cursor must be within the boundaries of the window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Zoom In and Out.
PF3 Close: Removes the window from the screen. The cursor must be within the boundaries of the window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Close a Window.
PF4 Open: Creates a new window. For an explanation of how the product sizes and places a new window, see How to Open a Window.
PF5 Exp: Expands a window by one row and column in each direction. The cursor must be within the boundaries of the window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Expand a Window.
PF6 Shr: Reduces the size of a window by one row and column in each direction. The cursor must be within the boundaries of the window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Shrink a Window.
PF7 Up: Moves the window border below the cursor up to the present cursor position. You can only move the borders of the foreground window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Scroll Down Through the Application Image in the chapter “Manipulating Windows.”
PF8 Down: Moves the window border above the cursor down to the present cursor position. You can only move the borders of the foreground window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Move Window Border Down.
PF9 Jump: Makes the next window the foreground window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Change the Foreground Window.
PF10 Left: Moves the window border at the right of the cursor to the present cursor position (that is, moves the border to the left). You can only move the borders of the foreground window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Move Window Border to Left.
PF11 Right: Moves the window border at the left of the cursor to the present cursor position (that is, moves the border to the right). You can only move the borders of the foreground window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Move Window Border to Right.
PF12 Move: Moves the location of a window on the screen. The upper left corner of the window is moved to the cursor position. This only works for the foreground window. For an explanation of this function, see How to Move a Window.