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Overview of UI Elements for Employee Applications


Table 26 gives an overview of user interface elements in employee applications.

Table 26. Description of UI Elements
UI Elements
Description

Application menu

Application-level menu items such as File, Edit, View, Navigate, Tools, and Help.

Branding area

The area in which the Oracle logo appears.

Application toolbar

Contains toolbar icons for items such as Site Map, Customer Dashboard, and iHelp items.

Applet control banner

Area that contains a menu and buttons for a form or list.

Primary applet

First form or list on page that displays the primary record or record set.

Detail applet

Displays different sets of data based on the individual primary record. Data is automatically updated when the primary record changes.

First-level navigation

Set of tabs that allow users to navigate to screens.

Second-level navigation

Links that allow users to navigate to views. These links can appear in the area directly under the screen tabs, or in the Visibility filter.

Third-level navigation

View tabs displayed below the first applet on a view. This is also referred to as the view bar.

Fourth-level navigation

Depending on the Web template being used, fourth-level navigation items can appear as links underneath the third-level tabs (most common), view tabs on a grandchild applet, or links in a drop-down list.

Record navigation

Area that displays position within the record set as well as controls to move forward and backward within the record set.

Search

Integrated Search and Global Find launch button.

Favorites

List of saved and predefined queries for the view.

iHelp frame

Area that displays links for navigating through steps in a task.

Modes of applet Web templates determine the kind of actions available in applets to users. The mode also determines which buttons appear in Web templates. For example, the Edit button appears in applets set to the Edit mode, but this button does not appear in applets set to Base (Read Only) mode.

Columns Displayed in the Menu drop-down list can be grayed out, and it is not visible when the applet mode is not Edit List. See the template description for Applet List (Base/EditList) for more information.

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