Host Keyboard Mapping
The following tables provide the default keys, key name, and key description for the different host keyboard mappings.
- IBM 3270 Keyboard Mapping
- IBM 5250 Keyboard Mapping
- VT Keyboard Mapping
- UTS Keyboard Mapping
- T27 Keyboard Mapping
- ALC Keyboard Mapping
IBM 3270 keyboard mapping
| Key | Maps to | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + F1 | Attention | Sends the ATTENTION key to the host |
| Shift + Tab | Backtab | Moves the cursor to the previous unprotected field |
| Ctrl + F2 | Clear | Clears the screen and sends the CLEAR key to the host |
| Alt + ArrowLeft | Cursor left double | Moves the cursor two positions to the left |
| Alt + ArrowRight | Cursor right double | Moves the cursor two positions to the right |
| Ctrl + F3 | Cursor select | Simulates a lightpen select in the current field |
| Alt + Delete | Delete word | Deletes three characters from the current field |
| Ctrl + 5 | Duplicate | Inserts the DUP character at the cursor location |
| Enter | Enter | Sends the ENTER key to the host |
| End | Erase end of field | Erases all data from the cursor location to the end of the current field |
| Alt + F5 | Erase input | Erases all data in all unprotected fields of the current screen |
| Ctrl + Alt + F | Field delimiter | Toggles whether field delimiters are displayed on screen |
| Ctrl + 6 | Field mark | Inserts the Field Mark character at the cursor location |
| Home | Home | Moves the cursor to the first unprotected field on the screen |
| Insert | Insert | Toggles Insert mode |
| Shift + Enter | New line | Moves to the next unprotected field |
| Ctrl + 1 | PA1 | Sends the PA1 key to the host |
| Pageup | PA1 | Sends the PA1 key to the host |
| Ctrl + 2 | PA2 | Sends the PA2 key to the host |
| Pagedown | PA2 | Sends the PA2 key to the host |
| Ctrl + 3 | PA3 | Sends the PA3 key to the host |
| F1 - F10 | PF1 - PF10 | Sends the PF1, PF2...PF10 key to the host |
| Alt + 1 or F11 | PF11 | Sends the PF11 key to the host |
| Al + 2 or F12 | PF12 | Sends the PF12 key to the host |
| Shift + F1 | PF13 | Sends the PF13 key to the host |
| Shift + F2 | PF14 | Sends the PF14 key to the host |
| Shift + F3 | PF15 | Sends the PF15 key to the host |
| Shift + F4 | PF16 | Sends the PF16 key to the host |
| Shift + F5 | PF17 | Sends the PF17 key to the host |
| Shift + F6 | PF18 | Sends the PF18 key to the host |
| Shift + F7 | PF19 | Sends the PF19 key to the host |
| Shift + F8 | PF20 | Sends the PF20 key to the host |
| Shift + F9 | PF21 | Sends the PF21 key to the host |
| Shift + F10 | PF22 | Sends the PF22 key to the host |
| Alt3 | PF23 | Sends the PF23 key to the host |
| Shift + F11 | PF23 | Sends the PF23 key to the host |
| Alt4 | PF24 | Sends the PF24 key to the host |
| Shift + F12 | PF24 | Sends the PF24 key to the host |
| Ctrl +P | Prints the contents of the screen to the printer | |
| Escape | Reset | Resets keyboard error conditions |
| Ctrl + S | System request | Sends the SYSTEM REQUEST key to the host |
IBM 5250 keyboard mapping
| Key | Maps to | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Escape | Attention | Sends the ATTENTION key to the host |
| Ctrl + F2 | Clear | Clears the screen and send the CLEAR key to the host |
| Ctrl + F3 | Cursor select | Simulates a lightpen select in the current field |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Destructive backspace | Moves the cursor one position to the left |
| Ctrl + 5 | Duplicate | Inserts the DUP character at the cursor location |
| Ctrl + End | End of field | Moves the cursor to the end of the field |
| End | Erase end of field | Erases all data from the cursor location to the end of the current field |
| Alt + End | Erase input | Erases all data in all unprotected fields of the current screen |
| Alt + F5 | Erase input | Erases all data in all unprotected fields of the current screen |
| Ctrl + Enter | Field exit | Moves the cursor out of an input field |
| KP + Subtract | Field exit minus | Moves the cursor out of a signed-numeric or numeric-only field, inserting a minus sign in the last position of a signed-numeric field, or changing the last position in a numeric-only field to an alphabetic character that tells the system that this field has a negative value. |
| Ctrl + Subtract | Field exit minus | Moves the cursor out of a signed-numeric or numeric-only field, inserting a minus sign in the last position of a signed-numeric field, or changing the last position in a numeric-only field to an alphabetic character that tells the system that this field has a negative value. |
| KP + Add | Field exit plus | In a signed-numeric field, this function moves the cursor to the next field, removing a minus sign if there is one in the last position. In a numeric-only field, this function moves the cursor to the next field, changing the last position to an alphabetic character that tells the system that this field has a positive value. |
| Ctrl + Add | Field exit plus | In a signed-numeric field, this function moves the cursor to the next field, removing a minus sign if there is one in the last position. In a numeric-only field, this function moves the cursor to the next field, changing the last position to an alphabetic character that tells the system that this field has a positive value. |
| Ctrl + 6 | Field mark | Inserts the field mark character at the cursor location |
| Ctrl + H | Help | Sends the Help key to the host |
| Alt + F7 | Hex mode | Places the terminal in Hex mode |
| Home | Home | Moves the cursor to the first unprotected field on the screen |
| Insert | Insert | Toggles Insert mode |
| Shift + Enter | New line | Moves to the next unprotected field |
| Ctrl + 1 | PA1 | Sends the PA1 key to the host |
| Ctrl + 2 | PA2 | Sends the PA2 key to the host |
| Ctrl + 3 | PA3 | Sends the PA3 key to the host |
| F1 - F11 | PF1 - PF11 | Sends the PF1, PF2....PF11 key to the host |
| Alt + 1 | PF11 | Sends the PF11 key to the host |
| Alt + 2 | PF12 | Sends the PF12 key to the host |
| F12 | PF12 | Sends the PF12 key to the host |
| Shift + 1 | PF13 | Sends the PF13 key to the host |
| Shift + F2...F10 | PF14...PF22 | Sends the PF14....PF22 key to the host |
| Alt + 3 | PF23 | Sends the PF23 key to the host |
| Shift + F11 | PF23 | Sends the PF23 key to the host |
| Alt + 4 | PF24 | Sends the PF24 key to the host |
| Shift + F12 | PF24 | Sends the PF24 key to the host |
| Ctrl + P | Prints the contents of the screen to the printer | |
| Control | Reset | Resets the keyboard error conditions |
| Pageup | RollDown | Sends the RollDown key to the host |
| Pagedown | RollUp | Sends the RollUp key to the host |
| Ctrl + Home | Start of field | Moves the cursor to the start of the field |
| Ctrl + S | System request | Sends the SYSTEM REQUEST key to the host |
VT keyboard mapping
| Key | Maps to | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Cancel | Break | Sends the Break key to the host |
| Ctrl + Enter | Enter | Sends the Enter key to the host |
| Alt + F1 | F1 | Sends the F1 key to the host |
| Ctrl + F1...F10 | F11...F20 | Sends the F11...F20 key to the host |
| Home | Find | Sends the Find key to the host |
| F1 | Hold | Sends the Hold Screen to the host |
| Pause | Hold | Sends the Hold Screen to the host |
| Insert | Insert | Sends the Insert key to the host |
| Ctrl + Insert | Keypad 0 | Sends the numeric keypad 0 key to the host |
| Ctrl + End | Keypad 1 | Sends the numeric keypad 1 key to the host |
| Ctrl + ArrowDown | Keypad 2 | Sends the numeric keypad 2 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Pagedown | Keypad 3 | Sends the numeric keypad 3 key to the host |
| Ctrl + ArrowLeft | Keypad 4 | Sends the numeric keypad 4 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Clear | Keypad 5 | Sends the numeric keypad 5 key to the host |
| Ctrl + ArrowRight | Keypad 6 | Sends the numeric keypad 6 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Home | Keypad 7 | Sends the numeric keypad 7 key to the host |
| Ctrl + ArrowUp | Keypad 8 | Sends the numeric keypad 8 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Pageup | Keypad 9 | Sends the numeric keypad 9 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Alt-add | Keypad comma | Sends the numeric keypad Comma key to the host |
| Ctrl + add | Keypad minus | Sends the numeric keypad Minus key to the host |
| Ctrl + decimal | Keypad period | Sends the numeric keypad Period key to the host |
| Ctrl + Delete | Keypad period | Sends the numeric keypad Period key to the host |
| Ctrl + Alt + ArrowUp | Row up | In the scrollback buffer moves up a row |
| Ctrl + Alt + ArrowDown | Row down | In the scrollback buffer moves down a row |
| Pagedown | Next | Sends the Next Screen key to the host |
| Ctrl + Pause | PF1 | Sends the PF1 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Divide | PF2 | Sends the PF2 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Multiply | PF3 | Sends the PF3 key to the host |
| Ctrl + Subtract | PF4 | Sends the PF4 key to the host |
| Pageup | Previous | Sends the Prev Screen key to the host |
| Delete | Remove | Sends the Remove key to the host |
| End | Select | Sends the Select key to the host |
| Shift + F6...F10 | UDK 6...10 | Sends the User Defined Key 6...10 to the host |
| Shift + Ctrl + F1...F10 | UDK11...20 | Sends the User Defined Key 11...20 to the host |
UTS keyboard mapping
| Key | Maps to | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F4 | Clear Change Bit | Sends the CLEARCHANGEBIT key to the host |
| Keypad+Enter | Carriage Return | Sends a carriage return to the host |
| Ctrl + PageDown | Clear End of Display | Clears text from the cursor location to the end of the display |
| Ctrl+PageUp | Clear End of Display FCC | Clears all data (including FCC information) from the cursor to the end of the display |
| Ctrl+End | Clear End of Field | Clears text from the cursor location to the end of the field |
| Ctrl+Shift+end | Clear End of Line | Clears text from the cursor location to the end of the row |
| F7 | Clear FCC | Clears the field control character |
| Ctrl+Home | Clear Home | Sends the CLEAR_HOME key to the host |
| Ctrl+H | Column Separator Right | Sends the COLUMN_SEP_RIGHT key to the host |
| Ctrl+F1 | Control Page | Sends the CONTROL_PAGE key to the host |
| Keypad+2 | Cursor Down | Moves the cursor one row down |
| Keypad+4 | Cursor Left | Moves the cursor one column to the left |
| Keypad+6 | Cursor Right | Moves the cursor one column to the right |
| Keypad+8 | Cursor Up | Moves the cursor one row up |
| Delete | Delete in Line | Sends the DELETE_IN_LINE key to the host |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete in Page | Sends the DELETE_IN_PAGE key to the host |
| Ctrl+Shift+Delete | Delete Line | Deletes the row at the cursor location |
| Ctrl+ArrowDown | Duplicate Line | Duplicates the row at the cursor location |
| F8 | Enable FCC | Enables the field control character |
| Keypad+- | End of Display and Transmit | Sends the EOD_AND_TRANSMIT key to the host |
| Shift+End | End of Field | Moves the cursor to the end of the field |
| End | End of Line | Moves the cursor to the end of the row |
| Ctrl+ArrowRight | End of Page | Moves the cursor to the end of the page |
| Shift+Space | Erase Character | Erases the character at the cursor location |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Euro Character | Sends the Euro character to the host |
| Ctrl+1...Ctrl+9 | F1...F9 | Sends the F1...F9 key to the host |
| Ctrl+0 | F10 | Sends the F10 key to the host |
| Ctrl+- | F11 | Sends the F11 key to the host |
| Ctrl+= | F12 | Sends the F12 key to the host |
| Ctrl+Q | F13 | Sends the F13 key to the host |
| Ctrl+W | F14 | Sends the F14 key to the host |
| Ctrl+E | F15 | Sends the F15 key to the host |
| Ctrl+R | F16 | Sends the F16 key to the host |
| Ctrl+T | F17 | Sends the F17 key to the host |
| Ctrl+Y | F18 | Sends the F18 key to the host |
| Ctrl+U | F19 | Sends the F19 key to the host |
| Ctrl+l | F20 | Sends the F20 key to the host |
| Ctrl+O | F21 | Sends the F21 key to the host |
| Ctrl+P | F22 | Sends the F22 key to the host |
| Shift+F3 | FF | Sends a formfeed to the host |
| F9 | Generate FCC | Generates a field control character |
| Home | Home | Moves the cursor to the first field in the display |
| Ctrl+Shift+Space | Insert in Line | Sends the INSERT_IN_LINE key to the host |
| ICtrl+Space | Insert in Page | Sends the INSERT_IN_PAGE key to the host |
| Ctrl+Shift+Insert | Insert Line | Inserts a new row into display memory |
| Insert | Insert Mode | Toggles insert character mode |
| F5 | Locate FCC | Disables the field control characters and moves to the first character of the next field to the right of the cursor |
| F3 | Message Wait | Sends the MESSAGE_WAIT key to the host |
| Shift+F2 | New Line | Moves the cursor to a new row |
| Keypad+Shift+2 | Next Field | Moves the cursor to the next field |
| Keypad+Shift+4 | Next Field | Moves the cursor to the next field |
| PageDown | Page Down | Sends the Page Down key to the host |
| PageUp | Page Up | Sends the Page Up key to the host |
| Keypad+Shift+6 | Previous Field | Moves the cursor to the previous field |
| Keypad+Shift+8 | Previous Field | Moves the cursor to the previous field |
| Clear | SOE Character | Sends the SOE character to the host |
| F12 | SOE Character | Sends the SOE character to the host |
| Ctrl+Clear | Set Tab | Sends the SET_TAB key to the host |
| Ctrl+Tab | Set Tab | Sends the SET_TAB key to the host |
| Shift+Home | Start of Field | Moves the cursor to the start of the field |
| Ctrl+ArrowLeft | Start of Line | Moves the cursor to the start of the row |
| Ctrl+[ | System Mode | Sends the SYSTEM_MODE key to the host |
| Ctrl+J | Toggle Column Separator | Toggles the column separator |
| Ctrl+F12 | Toggle Message Wait Beep | Sends the TOGGLEMSGWAITBEEP key to the host |
| Ctrl+L | Toggle Strike Thru | Toggles strike thru mode |
| Ctrl+K | Toggle Underline | Toggles underline mode |
| Ctrl+Enter | Transmit | Transmits the contents of the display to the host |
| ScrollLock | Transmit | Transmits the contents of the display to the host |
| Keypad++ | Transmit | Transmits the contents of the display to the host |
| Keypad+Ctrl+ | Transmit | Transmits the contents of the display to the host |
| Escape | Unlock | Sends the UNLOCK key to the host |
| Ctrl+] | Workstation Mode | Sends the WORKSTATION_MODE key to the host |
T27 keyboard mapping
| Key | Maps to | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Backspace | Backspace | Moves the cursor one column to the left |
| Shift+tab | back tab | Moves the cursor to the previous field |
| Ctrl+Delete | Clear End of Line | Clears text from the cursor location to the end of the row |
| Shift+Home | Clear Page Home | Clears the page and homes the cursor |
| Left Ctrl | Control Page | Puts the session in control mode |
| Down arrow | Cursor Down | Moves the cursor one row down |
| Left arrow | Cursor Left | Moves the cursor one column to the left |
| Right arrow | Cursor Right | Moves the cursor one column to the right |
| Up arrow | Cursor Up | Moves the cursor one row up |
| Ctrl+left arrow | Cursor Word Left | Moves the cursor to the previous word |
| Ctrl+right arrow | Cursor Word Right | Moves the cursor to the next word |
| Ctrl+D | Delete Line | Deletes the row at the cursor location |
| Ctrl+End | End of Line | Moves the cursor to the end of the row |
| End | End of Page | Moves the cursor to the last field on the page |
| Shift+Ctrl+E | Euro Character | Sends a Euro character to the host |
| Home | Home | Moves the cursor to the first field in the display |
| Insert | Insert Mode | Puts the session in insert mode |
| Ctrl+l | Insert Line | Inserts a new row into display memory |
| Ctrl+1 | PF1 | Sends the PF1 key to the host |
| Ctrl+10 | PF10 | Sends the PF10 key to the host |
| Ctrl+2 | PF2 | Sends the PF2 key to the host |
| Ctrl+3 | PF3 | Sends the PF3 key to the host |
| Ctrl+4 | PF4 | Sends the PF4 key to the host |
| Ctrl+5 | PF5 | Sends the PF5 key to the host |
| Ctrl+6 | PF6 | Sends the PF6 key to the host |
| Ctrl+7 | PF7 | Sends the PF7 key to the host |
| Ctrl+8 | PF8 | Sends the PF8 key to the host |
| Ctrl+9 | PF9 | Sends the PF9 key to the host |
| PageDown | Page Down | Displays the next page |
| PageUp | Page Up | Displays the previous page |
| Ctrl+E | Put ETX | Inserts an end-of-text character and homes the cursor |
| Keypad / | Put Local | Puts the session in local mode |
| Keypad * | Put Receive | Puts the session into receive mode |
| Enter | Return | Sends the return key to the host |
| Keypad Enter | Return | Sends the return key to the host |
| Ctrl+A | Select All | Selects all text |
| Shift+down arrow | Select Down | Selects text down |
| Shift+left arrow | Select Left | Selects text left |
| Shift+right arrow | Select Right Selects text right | |
| Shift+up arrow | Select Up | Selects text up |
| Shift+Ctrl+1 | Shift F1 | Sends the Shift F1 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+0 | Shift F10 | Sends the Shift F10 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+2 | Shift F2 | Sends the Shift F2 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+3 | Shift F3 | Sends the Shift F3 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+4 | Shift F4 | Sends the Shift F4 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+5 | Shift F5 | Sends the Shift F5 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+6 | Shift F6 | Sends the Shift F6 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+7 | Shift F7 | Sends the Shift F7 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+8 | Shift F8 | Sends the Shift F8 key to the host |
| Shift+Ctrl+9 | Shift F9 | Sends the Shift F9 key to the host |
| F5 | Specify | Transmits the cursor location to the host |
| Tab | Tab | Moves the cursor to the next field |
| F2 | Transmit | Transmits the page to the host |
| Keypad + | Transmit | Transmits the page to the host |
| Ctrl+F2 | Transmit Line | Transmits the current row to the host |
| Keypad - | Transmit Line | Transmits the current row to the host |
ALC keyboard mapping
| Key | Maps to | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+M | Auto Move Down | Toggles the session ability to receive multiple pages |
| Backspace | Backspace | Moves the cursor one column to the left |
| Shift+tab | back tab | Moves the cursor to the previous field |
| Ctrl+Home | Clear | Clears the screen and sends the CLEAR key to the host |
| Ctrl+B | Clear Broadcast | Clears the SITA broadcast message |
| : | Colon | Inserts a colon character at the cursor position |
| Ctrl+L | Cross of Lorraine | Inserts the Cross of Lorraine character at the cursor position |
| ↓ | Cursor Down | Moves the cursor down a row |
| Keypad ↓ | Cursor Down | Moves the cursor down a row |
| ← | Cursor Left | Moves the cursor to the previous word |
| Keypad ← | Cursor Left | Moves the cursor to the previous word |
| → | Cursor Right | Moves the cursor to the next word |
| Keypad → | Cursor Right | Moves the cursor to the next word |
| ↑ | Cursor Up | Moves the cursor up a row |
| Keypad ↑ | Cursor Up | Moves the cursor up a row |
| Delete | Delete character | Deletes the character at the cursor location |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete Line | Deletes the line at the cursor position |
| = | Display | Inserts the display character at the cursor position |
| Ctrl+N | Display New Line | Inserts the display character at a new line |
| ] | Dollar | Inserts the U.S. dollar sign character at the cursor position |
| . | End Item | Inserts the end item character at the cursor position |
| End | End of Line | Moves the cursor to the end of the line |
| Ctrl+T | End Transaction | Closes the PNR |
| Ctrl+E | Erase End of Display | Erases all data from the cursor position to the end of display |
| Ctrl+End | Erase End of Line | Erases all data from the cursor position to the end of line |
| Home | Home | Moves the cursor to the first unprotected field on the screen |
| Ctrl+I | Ignore | Cancels any changes made to the current PNR |
| Ctrl+Insert | Insert Line | Inserts a new line into display memory |
| Insert | Insert Space | Inserts a space into display memory |
| \ | New Line | Inserts the newline character at the cursor position |
| [ | Pillow | Inserts the pillow character at the cursor position |
| Ctrl+G | Pound | Inserts a British pound mark at the cursor position |
| Ctrl+Enter | Print Enter | Sends the response to the printer |
| Ctrl+P | Protected Reset | Moves the cursor to the first unprotected field |
| Ctrl+↑ | Recall Next Input | Recalls the next input or entry |
| Ctrl+↓ | Recall Previous Input | Recalls the previous input or entry |
| Ctrl+Z | Reenter | Resends the previously sent message to the host |
| Ctrl+R | Repeat | Redisplays the last message sent by the host |
| Escape | Reset | Resets keyboard error conditions |
| Shift+Ctrl+↓ | Scroll Line Down | Scrolls the display down one line |
| Shift+Ctrl+↑ | Scroll Line Up | Scrolls the display up one line |
| PageDown | Scroll Page Down | Scrolls the display down one page |
| PageUp | Scroll Page Up | Scrolls the display up one page |
| Ctrl+A | Select All | Selects all text |
| Shift+↓ | Select Down | Selects all text down |
| Shift+↑ | Select Up | Selects all text up |
| Shift+← | Select Left | Selects all text left |
| Shift+→ | Select Right | Selects all text right |
| ‘ | Start of Message | Inserts a start-of-message character at the cursor position |
| F12 | Statistics | Displays communication statistics |
| Tab | Tab | Moves the cursor to the next unprotected field |
| Ctrl+F | Toggle CODACOM | Toggles CODACOM mode |
| Enter | Transmit | Transmits page to the host |
| Keypad Enter | Transmit | Transmits page to the host |
| Shift+Enter | Transmit | Transmits page to the host |
| Shift+Escape | Unlock Keyboard | Unlocks the keyboard |
| Ctrl+U | Unsolicited Message | Retrieves an unsolicited message from the host |