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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories ISPF
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 28, 2020

ISPF Identifiers -- Add option to "Display on own line"

Consider adding a "ISPF Identifier" option to "Display on own line"

The ISPF Identifier commands SYSNAME, USERID, PANELID, and SCRNAME share the same 17-character area at the start of the Title line. If more than one of these commands are specified, ISPF displays as many as will fit, in this order of priority: SYSNAME, if specified, is always displayed. Then, as long as there is enough room, USERID is displayed, then PANELID, then SCRNAME.

This can potentially overlay the first 17 bytes of the title line.

So, would like some sort of Option to display these Identifiers on it's own line and have the "Title line" on the next line, to ensure no truncation occurs. Or, some other way to solve this overall issue.

Idea priority Low