2.1.1 The Menu Bar

The menu bar organizes the GUI menu hierarchy using a set of pull-down menus. A pull-down menu contains items that perform commonly executed actions. Figure  2.1.2 shows the FLUENT menu bar. Menu items are arranged to correspond to the typical sequence of actions that you perform in ANSYS FLUENT (i.e., from left to right and from top to bottom).

Figure 2.1.2: The FLUENT Menu Bar

To select a pull-down menu item with the mouse, follow the procedure outlined below:

1.   Move the pointer to the name of the pull-down menu.

2.   Click the left mouse button to display the pull-down menu.

3.   Move the pointer to the item you wish to select and click it.

In addition to using the mouse, you can also select a pull-down menu item using the keyboard. If you press the <Alt> key, each pull-down menu label or menu item will display one underlined character, known as the mnemonic. If you then press the mnemonic character of a pull-down menu, the associated menu will be displayed (note that the mnemonic character is not case sensitive). After the pull-down menu is selected and displayed, you can type a mnemonic character associated with an item to select that item. For example, to display the Help menu and select the Using Help... option, press <Alt>, then h, and then h again. If at any time you wish to cancel a menu selection while a pull-down menu is displayed, you can press the <Esc> key.