Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Handbook

> ## Functional differences from the Windows graphical browse

> The character browse shares most of the same functional capabilities of the Windows graphical browse, including all methods and most attributes and events.

> However, there are differences from the Windows graphical browse in:

> - Font management.

> - Color management.

> - Row and cell navigation.

> ##### Font management

> Because there is no font management within character interfaces, all font attributes are inactive for the character browse.

> ##### Color management

> For color terminals, the character browse supports the following attributes to manage its color:

> - `LABEL-DCOLOR` — Specifies the color of a column label (like `LABEL-FGCOLOR` for the Windows browse).

> - `COLUMN-DCOLOR` — Specifies the color of a single column (like `COLUMN-FGCOLOR` for the Windows browse).

> - `DCOLOR` — Specifies the color of an individual cell (like `FGCOLOR` for the Windows browse). You can only specify the color of an individual cell as it appears in the view port. For more information on specifying individual cell color, see the "Browse events" section.

> - `COLUMN-PFCOLOR` — Specifies the color of the enabled (updateable) column with input focus (unsupported for the Windows browse).

> - `PFCOLOR` — Specifies the color of the updateable cell with input focus (handled by default processing for the Windows browse).

> By default, the `COLUMN-PFCOLOR` and `PFCOLOR` values are both set from the `INPUT` color value. In Windows, you can specify this value in the registry or in an initialization file. On UNIX, you can specify this value in the `PROTERMCAP` file.

> ##### Row and cell navigation

> Unlike the Windows graphical browse, the character browse does not support column searching (positioning to a row or cell by typing a character contained in that row or cell).

> Unlike the Windows graphical browse, the character browse uses a different set of key functions to tab between updateable cells than between the browse and other sibling widgets. Tabbing between cells occurs only in the edit mode of the character browse using the `EDIT-TAB` and `BACK-TAB` key functions.

> Tabbing forward from the character browse to a sibling object occurs in either row mode or edit mode using the `TAB` key function. However, tabbing backward from the character browse to a sibling object occurs only in row mode using the `BACK-TAB` key function.

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