# Question Mode

The Question Mode displays the complete configuration, allowing you to create a new configuration, change the values in a configuration, or search for character and value strings in a configuration.

1. File Menu
2. Bookmarks Menu
3. Search Menu
4. View Menu
5. Help Menu
6. More Info Pane (can be hidden)
7. Question Pane
8. Index Pane

## Menus

In Question Mode, the Configuration Editor contains menus used to load, create, display, and change a configuration.

### File Menu

The File menu contains items to open, save, and restore configuration files. The following table describes the items in the Configuration Editor File menu.

Menu Item | Description
--- | ---
Save | Saves the current configuration. Choose File > Save at any time to save your answers and position in the configuration file. If the configuration is new, the editor opens the file chooser for you to use in naming and saving the current configuration. If you do not provide the `.jti` extension when you name the file, the editor adds the extension when it saves the file.
Save As | Opens a dialog box that you can use to save a configuration with a new name. The Configuration Editor makes the saved configuration the current configuration. If you do not provide the `.jti` extension when you name the configuration file, the editor adds the extension when it saves the file.
Revert | Discards any changes to the current configuration and restores the last saved version of configuration file.
New Configuration | Clears the current configuration and starts a new configuration. See Creating a Configuration for a detailed description.
Load Configuration | Opens an existing configuration file and makes it the current configuration. See Loading a Configuration for a detailed description.
Load Recent Configuration | Displays a list of configuration files that have been opened in the Configuration Editor window. Choose a configuration file from the list to open it in the Configuration Editor window.
New Template | Provides the option to save or clear the current template before starting a new template. See Creating a Template for a detailed description.
Load Template | Opens an existing template. See Loading a Template for a detailed description.
Load Recent Template | Displays a list of templates that have been opened in the Template Editor. Choose a template from the list to open it in the Template Editor.
Close | Closes the Configuration Editor window.

### Bookmarks Menu

The Bookmarks menu contains items to use bookmarks in the configuration. The following table describes the items in the Bookmarks menu.

Menu Item | Description
--- | ---
Enable Bookmarks | Enables and disables bookmarking in the configuration.
Show Only Bookmarked Questions | Display only the marked questions or all questions.
Mark Current Question | Clears the bookmark from a selected question in the Configuration Editor window.
Unmark Current Question | Bookmarks the selected question in the Configuration Editor window. Enabled only if the selected question is not bookmarked.
Clear Answer For Current Question | Clears the answer for a selected question in the Configuration Editor window. Enabled only if the selected question is bookmarked.
Open Group | Expands a selected set of questions in the Configuration Editor window.
Clear Answers to Bookmarked Questions | Clear the values in all marked questions.
Remove Bookmarks | Remove all bookmarks from the configuration.

Using bookmarked questions enables the user to display only those configuration questions that must be answered. See Using Bookmarks in Configurations for a description of how the Bookmarks menu can be used to specify the questions that the Configuration Editor window displays.

### Search Menu

Use the Search menu items to find the occurrence in a configuration of a specific character or value string. When troubleshooting a test run, you can use the Search menu to quickly locate an answer that needs to be changed. The following table describes the items in the Search menu.

Menu Item | Description
--- | ---
Find | Opens a dialog box used to search the configuration for a specific character or value string.
Find Next | Searches the configuration for the next occurrence of a specific character or value string.

See Searching a Configuration for a detailed description of how to search for character and value strings in a configuration.

### View Menu

Use the View menu to display the Configuration Editor window in Question Mode or in Quick Set Mode, to hide or display the More Info pane, and to display question tag field at the bottom of each question panel. The following table describes the items in the View menu.

Menu Item | Description
--- | ---
Question Mode | Displays the Configuration Editor window in Question Mode.
Quick Set Mode | Displays the Configuration Editor window in Quick Set Mode.
More Info | Displays and hides the More Info pane in the Configuration Editor window.
Question Tag | Displays and hides the Question Tag field in the Configuration Editor Question Pane.
Refresh | Updates the values and questions displayed in the Configuration Editor window.

### Help Menu

Use the Help menu to display the online help for the Configuration Editor window and both editor modes. The following table describes the items in the Help menu.

Menu Item | Description
--- | ---
Configuration Editor | Displays online help for the Configuration Editor window.
Template Editor | Displays online help for the Template Editor window.
Question Mode | Displays online help for the Question Mode.
Quick Set Mode | Displays online help for the Quick Set Mode.

### Index Pane

When completing a configuration, the index pane lists the titles of the questions you have answered, are currently answering, or that the editor determines might need to be answered. The current question is highlighted.

In completed configurations, the questions that are displayed in the index can be controlled by setting bookmarks in the configuration. See Bookmarks Menu.

The title is also displayed at the top of the question pane when you are answering a question.

Click on any question in the index list to make it the current question. Clicking on a question does not cause the list to change. If you change an answer that alters the configuration options, the Configuration Editor window updates the questions in the list to reflect the change in options. If a previously answered question is no longer displayed in the index list, the Configuration Editor saves its answer until you either save the configuration or change its value.

You can also use the buttons at the bottom of the Question pane to navigate through the configuration file. See Question Pane for a description of the navigation buttons.

### Question Pane

The Configuration Editor window displays configuration questions in the main text area of the editor. You answer the questions using controls such as text boxes, radio buttons, or combo boxes located beneath the question. After you answer each question, click at the bottom of the panel to proceed to the next question.

The buttons at the bottom of the Question pane control the following functions:

- Back - Returns to the previous question.
- Last - Advances as far as possible through the configuration.
- Next - Proceeds to the next question.
- Done - Saves your answers as a configuration and closes the Configuration Editor window.

See Creating a Configuration for information about using the Question pane to create a configuration.

See Editing a Configuration for information about using the Question pane to edit the current configuration.

### More Info Pane

To open and close the More Info pane, choose View > More Info from the menu bar.

The More Info pane provides additional information about each question, including the following:

- Background information about the question
- Information about choosing an answer
- Examples of answers

See Keyboard access for a description of how the keyboard can be used to navigate the More Info pane.

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