Simplicity and ease of use are important attributes of any menu system. When designing menus, your primary goal is to provide end users with quick and intuitive access to commonly-used functions and commands. A few basic guidelines to building effective menus are as follows:
Oracle Forms provides a very powerful design tool for creating and modifying menus—the Menu Editor. While you can use the Object Navigator and Property Palette to create menus hierarchically, use the Menu Editor if you prefer to see the physical structure of a menu as you build it. The Menu Editor allows you to create and arrange menu objects easily and quickly.