On data screens, you can use icons for pushbuttons with no fixed position for a number of functions.

Generally, you should use a text on an iconized pushbutton only, if absolutely required.

You can use the following icons for horizontal scroll functions:

• Total left, Page left, Column left, Column right, Page right, Total right (see illustration below).

Only functions that are supported by the program are displayed as icons without a tetxual label (right-aligned below the step loop from left to right). Choose a width just large enough for the icon to fit. Leave one blank spacing between the pushbuttons.

Use icons for the vertical scroll functions only when there are several step loops on a screen or one step loop on a long screen:

• First page, Previous page, Next page, Last page (that is, F21 through F24)

The pushbuttons should be positioned to the right of the step loop (on top of each other). As an exception you can position them right below the step loop with one blank spacing. Possible pushbuttons for horizontal scroll functions should be arranged as a separate group (four characters spacing) to the left of the vertical scroll buttons.

A spin button is a control element for the sequential display and/or input if mutually exclusive alternatives. Use spin buttons to display or enter alternatives with a logical ascending order, for example, the months of the year.

You display the functionality of a spin button using an input field and one of the following icons (see illustration) always without a textual label:

Two pushbuttons to the right of an input field, one character spacing (spin button) with the meaning (from left to right): "Increment" and "Decrement" (numeric values) and "Previous entry" and "Next entry" (texts).

When choosing alphabetical entries (for example, month, weekday) the upwards pointing arrow means Previous entry and the downwards pointing arrow Next entry.

With numeric values, (for example, the rotation angle of an object, time) the upwards pointing arroiws means Next value (Increment), the downwards pointing arrow Previous value (Decrement).

At the beginning or the end of the list the system accesses cyclically the other end of the list.

The following functions are usually displayed as minimum width pushbuttons without a textual label. You should position them in the work area in a way that makes the intended reference obvious (usually to the right of an object). You should use text only if absolutely required. Example: If the address icon for different types of addresses is used (shipping address, order address etc.), you have to complete the icon with a corresponding text.

Scheme:

For other services you can use the following functions:

• Table calculation: Calling for example the unit calculation from a previous application, for example, "Change part"

• (Business/Statistics) graphics: Calling the business graphics from a window in which displays a list with data

• Variants: Calling a dialog box, in which layout variants can be specified (for exdample, in the Report Writer or in Logistics-Controlling) or display variants can be selected (for example in the line item display)
• Info: Information text from application (that is, created by SAP or generated by the application or a data processing administrator). Texts can refer to the application (for example, reports in CO) or to individual columns in a report (EIS). They describe specific aspects of an application and cannot be changed by the user.
• Short Message: May be used in mail applications
• Address: Calling the address dialog box
• (Set) status: Calling a window to set the status for an object (for example, entering release infos in the IMG)
• Tools: Calling Tools inside or outside the R/3 system
• Export/Import: Saving files on a PC/loading files from a PC

You can use icons for the following table structure functions (see illustration):

• Choose detail (F2) (activates window with a detail screen containing the line contents)
• Insert row in table structure
• Delete row in table structure
• Sort (up) (default and/or natural sort order; from A to Z and/or 1 to 100)
• Sort down (reverse sort order, for example from Z to A)
• Position (on a particular line)
• Replace values in a column
• Search for a value in a column
• Sum (calculation sub-totals)
• Move (from column to line)
• Expand (particular columns)
• Compress (after a particular column)
• Selection functions: Select/Deselect all, Select block

Iconized pushbuttons are usually positioned left aligned with one character spacing below the table control and/or the step loop. You can use icons with or without textual labels. Icons should have text if there is enough room below the step loop and/or id the text explains the function of the icon. If there is not enough room, you can also position the pushbuttons to the right of the table control and/or the step loop (aligned with the bottom hortizontal border of the table control).