The CICSĀ® Configuration Manager ISPF dialog uses keylists to assign function keys to commands. The dialog defines several keylists; different panels in the dialog use different keylists, depending on the commands available on each panel. Some function key assignments are the same across all panels, some are different. For example, function key F1 is always assigned to the HELP command; F7 and F8 scroll the panel up and down; on some panels, F10 and F11 use the PREV and NEXT commands to scroll the panel left and right.
This user documentation and the online help for the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog refer to the function key assignments that are defined by the keylists supplied with CICS Configuration Manager. If you disable keylists, or you change a keylist, your function keys might not match the supplied definitions.
By default, the IBM-supplied ISPF settings enable keylists. If your ISPF environment disables keylists by default, but you want to enable keylists in CICS Configuration Manager, enter the ISPF command KEYLIST ON on the command line of any CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel. Enabling keylists in CICS Configuration Manager does not affect whether keylists are enabled outside of CICS Configuration Manager.
You can use the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog with keylists disabled, but you lose the convenience of function keys that are customized for each panel. To disable keylists in the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog, and instead use your non-keylist function key assignments, enter KEYLIST OFF on the command line of any CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel.
You can use the command line to enter the commands that keylists would have assigned to function keys. Some commands are sensitive to the cursor position; you must move the cursor to the appropriate position before pressing Enter. For example, to enter a PROMPT or a ZOOM command, type the command on the command line, move the cursor to the appropriate field, and then press Enter.
Each user can create their own private customized versions of keylists. To create your own private customized version of a CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog keylist:
The private keylist is saved to your TSO/ISPF profile data set in the member CCVOPROF, where CCVO is the NEWAPPL ISPF application assigned by the REXX procedure CCVOREXX that starts the dialog.
To delete a private keylist and revert to the original (shared) keylist, enter KEYLIST on the command line of a CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel, and then use the D (Delete) action.
If you want to forcibly enable keylists when any user starts the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog, see the REXX procedure in member CCVDEFLT of the sample library SCCVSAMP.