You can include extra buttons on the application toolbar
or in the Common Actions section of the side navigation menu. Toolbar
buttons provide quick access to common actions, such as Save and Insert,
and can be seen in all application tabs or can be limited to a specific
tab.
About this task
If the side navigation menu is enabled, any buttons that
you add to the toolbar are displayed in the Common Actions section
of the side navigation menu.
Procedure
- Open the application in the Application Designer.
- In the Select Action menu, select
the Add/Modify Toolbar Menu option.
- Create a row and select an Element Type.
- Select a Key Value. The
key value represents the button action and is visible when the user
moves the mouse over the button.
- Specify an image to use for the button that is located
in the images directory and is in a supported format.
- Enter position values that determine the location of the
button relative to the other buttons in the toolbar.
- Specify the tabs where the option is visible.
Example
To add a Change Password button
to the toolbar in the Main tab of the Person
application:
- Set the Element Type to App (application).
- Select ChgPassword as the Key
Value.
- Set Position to 60 and Subposition to 0.
- Specify the nav_icon_changepassword.gif file
in the Image field.
- Select the Main tab option.
What to do next
You can add buttons that act as separators if you want
to group several buttons together in a section.