Customizing Your Program Function (PF) Keys

There are two sets of PF keys supplied with the IPCS dialog. One set is used solely on the Browse pointer and storage panels; the other set is used on all other panels. To change these PF key definitions to your own specifications follow these steps:

Determine which set of PF keys you want to change.

To change the PF keys for the pointer and storage panels of the IPCS Browse option, select option 1 (BROWSE) from the IPCS Primary Option Menu panel and enter the following on the COMMAND line:

keys

This displays the current PF key definitions for the Browse option. If your terminal has 24 PF keys, press Enter again to see the definitions for the remaining keys.

PF1  ===> HELP                 PF13 ===> HELP
PF2  ===> SPLIT                PF14 ===> SPLIT
PF3  ===> END                  PF15 ===> END
PF4  ===> RETURN               PF16 ===> RETURN
PF5  ===> RFIND                PF17 ===> RFIND
PF6  ===> STACK                PF18 ===> STACK
PF7  ===> UP                   PF19 ===> UP
PF8  ===> DOWN                 PF20 ===> DOWN
PF9  ===> SWAP                 PF21 ===> SWAP
PF10 ===> STACK X;LOCATE %     PF22 ===> STACK X; LOCATE %
PF11 ===> STACK X;LOCATE ?     PF23 ===> STACK X; LOCATE ?
PF12 ===> CURSOR               PF24 ===> CURSOR

To change the PF keys accepted on all other panels, enter the following on the OPTION line of the IPCS Primary Option Menu panel:

keys

This displays the current PF key definitions. If your terminal has 24 PF keys, press Enter again to see the definitions for the remaining keys.

PF1  ===> HELP                 PF13 ===> HELP
PF2  ===> SPLIT                PF14 ===> SPLIT
PF3  ===> END                  PF15 ===> END
PF4  ===> RETURN               PF16 ===> RETURN
PF5  ===> RFIND                PF17 ===> RFIND
PF6  ===> MORE                 PF18 ===> MORE
PF7  ===> UP                   PF19 ===> UP
PF8  ===> DOWN                 PF20 ===> DOWN
PF9  ===> SWAP                 PF21 ===> SWAP
PF10 ===> LEFT                 PF22 ===> LEFT
PF11 ===> RIGHT                PF23 ===> RIGHT
PF12 ===> CURSOR               PF24 ===> CURSOR

Read the instructions on the panels to review the current definitions of your PF keys and to change them. For assistance, use the HELP primary command.
Save the changes by entering the following on the COMMAND or OPTION line:
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After performing these steps to change your PF key definitions, ISPF updates the command table and stores this profile in your ISPF profile data set to be retained between ISPF sessions. Therefore, if you were changing your Browse option PF keys, ISPF adds data set member BLSLPROF to your ISPF profile data set. Likewise, if you were changing your other set of PF keys, ISPF adds data set member BLSGPROF to your ISPF profile data set. Deletion of either one of these data set members will reestablish the original IPCS PF key definitions. However, keep in mind that these data set members also contain information that the IPCS dialog retains between sessions, such as the JOB statement for an IPCS batch job, and deletion of any one of these members will cause information to be lost.