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About Items

Items are the interface objects that display information to operators and allow them to interact with your application.

Each item in a form (text item, image item, radio group, and so on), belongs to a block.

Oracle Forms supports several types of interface items that can be used to build an application's interface.

bean area
 
An identification of a JavaBean that supplies a control for this item.
 
chart item 
 
A bordered rectangle of any size that can display a chart or other display generated by Graphics. Operators cannot navigate to or manipulate chart items.
 
check box 
 
A text label with a graphic state indicator that displays the current value as either checked or unchecked. Clicking on a check box toggles it to the opposite state.
 
display item 
 
A read-only text box whose value must be fetched or assigned programmatically. Operators cannot navigate to a display item or edit the text it contains.
 
hierarchical tree item 
 
An area which displays grouped data in the form of a standard navigator with expandable nodes.
 
image item
 
A bordered rectangle of any size that can display images fetched from the database or read in from the file system.
 
List item 
 
A List of choices displayed as either a drop-down List, a List box, or a combo box.
 
push button 
 
A rectangle with a text label or an icon graphic inside.
 
radio group 
 
A group of radio buttons, one of which is always selected.
 
text item 
 
A single- or multi-line text box that supports a variety of data types, format masks, and editing capabilities.
 
user area 
 
An area that stores and displays a user-defined item.  

About data and control items

Creating a Data Item

Creating a control item

About blocks on forms