Rule Builder > User Interface Reference > Rule Editor Shortcuts > Generic and Shortcut Menus in Syntactic View

The Rule Editor provides you with context-sensitive shortcut menus in the Syntactic view. You can right-click on various areas of the rule to display different menus. Table 21.29 shows the available menus.

Table 21.29   Shortcut Menus in the Syntactic View 
Menu Entry 
Description 
Contents 
Editable area  This menu can be used in both the condition and the action parts of a rule.  Delete  Cut  Copy  Paste 
<select a condition> 
 
This shortcut menu is only available in the condition part of a rule.  The parenthesis and not are only available in TRL.  Delete condition  Cut condition  Copy condition  Insert condition  (...  ...)  (...)  not... 
 
[where]  This shortcut menu is only available in the condition part of a rule.  Binding is the process of replacing symbolic addresses with machine addresses.  Delete binding  Cut binding  Copy binding  Paste  Insert binding 
[such that]  This shortcut menu is only available in the condition part of a rule.  If you select an expression, parts of the menu may be active, depending on the elements of the test selected. For example, if you select the left-hand side of a test, the menu displays (... but not ...) Delete test  Cut test  Copy test  Paste  Insert test  (...  ...)  not... 
[verifies]  This shortcut menu is only available in the condition part of a rule.  Delete expression  Cut expression  Copy expression  Paste  Insert expression 
<select an action>  This shortcut menu is only available in the action part of a rule.  Delete action  Cut action  Copy action  Insert action 
[so that]  This shortcut menu is only available in the action part of a rule.  Delete term  Cut term  Copy term  Insert term 

Some shortcut menus allow you to insert parentheses between tests. Parentheses allow you to change the default precedence between operators. Depending on where you click in a test, it shows one or two of the following items:

Select one of these items to insert the corresponding parentheses at the specified location. To remove parentheses, right-click a parenthesis and select Delete from the shortcut menu.

The shortcut menu also allows you to insert a not operator wherever appropriate. When selecting this item, a not token is inserted. To delete it, right-click it and select Delete.

For more information on operators, refer to Business Action Language User's Manual.

See Also

Working With the Rule Editor | Changing Default Operator Precedence | Inverting a Condition Using the NOT Operator


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