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About Magic Item Default Appearance and Functionality

The appearance (style and position) of a magic item is defaulted to the standard of the runtime platform GUI. Where applicable, default accelerator keys are assigned to magic items.

Some magic items include default functionality. For example, the Cut item—typically placed on an Edit menu—is automatically enabled or disabled depending on whether text or image elements have been selected. Invoking the Cut command deletes the selected element and places it on the clipboard. If you create a Cut magic item, Oracle Forms automatically provides an accelerator key and command statement for you.

The following table describes the valid command types for each type of magic menu item and indicates whether the item provides default functionality, or whether you must define your own command.

Magic Item

Command Type

Default

Functionality

About, Undo

Any but Menu

No

You must assign a command to perform the desired function.

Clear, Copy, Cut, Paste

Null

Yes

These items perform the default operations indicated by their names.

Help

Menu

No

You must define the submenu to be called by the Help item, and you must assign commands to the items on that submenu.

Quit

Null

Yes

The Quit item prompts the end user to save changes (if any) and exits the form.

Window

Null or Menu

Yes

The Window item invokes a default submenu that Lists all open windows. End users can activate a window by selecting it from the submenu.If you define your own submenu to be invoked by the Window item, Oracle Forms combines its items with the List of open windows, and creates a single submenu. Item order on the combined submenu is undefined.

Note: If you change the Menu Item Type property of an existing magic item to Plain, its Magic Item Type property is retained, but no longer applies. Though not required, you should reset the Magic Item Type property to None for consistency purposes.