2.2 Get Familiar with the Reflection Interface

You can choose from several user interface modes:

The Ribbon contains tools that you use to complete tasks in the selected document. Tools are represented as button and menu controls, which light up when you select them or move the pointer over them. Related controls are organized into feature groups, such as Productivity and Screen History. Groups are located on tabs, which are organized by function, such as changing the document appearance.

The appearance of the Ribbon and the features available from it depend on the document type and changes you've made to the Ribbon for that document type.

Reflection provides a variety of ways to customize the appearance of the workspace.

If you are using the Reflection Ribbon interface and have more than one session document open in a workspace, you can quickly change whether documents are displayed in tabs or in windows.

You can minimize the Ribbon to provide more working area in the Reflection window.

The Browser interface has a look and feel that is similar to the latest Web browsers. Although it requires less screen real estate than the Ribbon interface, it provides the same functionality as the Ribbon. It also provides additional ways to access commands and connect to hosts.

Accessing Commands

In much the same way that you access commands in the Ribbon interface, you can access commands through the Reflection menu or the Quick Access toolbar. The Browser also allows you to access commands by typing them into the search box. For example:

To access the Trace commands, enter T in the search box and then choose from the list of Trace commands.

Connecting to Hosts

Similar to the Ribbon, you can connect to a host automatically or from the Reflection menu. In addition, you can connect by entering the type of connection and the host name in the search box.

For example:

To open a telnet connection to a 3270 host named myMainFrame, enter tn3270://myMainFrame

tn3270://hostName
tn5250://hostName

telnet://hostName
ssh://hostName
rlogin://hostName

Although it is more common to use a mouse to open dialog boxes, select documents, interact with the Ribbon, and to activate controls, Reflection also allows you to perform these actions using the keyboard.

By creating a custom keyboard map, you can assign a key or key combination to any task or control that you can access from the user interface. You can open a session, run a macro, create an e-mail message, or save a layout. You can also create a sequence of actions to perform with the stroke of a single key.

KeyTips provide another way to access to every command available on the Ribbon or the Quick Access toolbar. You can get to most commands with only two to four keystrokes, no matter where you are in Reflection.

When you press and release the ALTkey, KeyTips are displayed over each feature that is available in the current view. At that point, you can press the letter shown in the KeyTip over the feature that you want to use.

Depending on which letter you pressed, you may be shown additional KeyTips. Continue pressing letters until you press the letter for the specific command or option that you want to use.

Other standard keyboard shortcuts are also supported.

The following table includes common tasks you can perform with the keyboard:

Use the Quick Keys gallery on the Ribbon for quick access to terminal keys for host sessions.

The Windows Full Screen Look and feel displays the workspace without the standard Windows title bar that includes the minimize, maximize, and close buttons. This Look and feel is available only in the TouchUx User interface mode.

You can run the following types of sessions on Reflection Desktop:

To run one of these sessions, you will need to install the compatibility feature that supports its session files.

You will need administrative rights to install this feature.