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About Menus and Toolbars

This topic describes menus and toolbars. includes the following topics:

• Objects That Siebel CRM Uses in a Menu or Toolbar
• About the Method, Business Service, and Target Properties of the Command Object

Menus and toolbars are user interface elements that allow the user to do something. For example:

• The application menu is a menu that allows the user to perform a task consistently across a Siebel application. Siebel CRM displays it in a frame near the top of the Siebel client in the browser window. This menu includes submenus, such as File, Edit, View, Navigate, Query, Tools, and Help.
• The application toolbar is a toolbar that allows the user to access commonly performed tasks. Siebel CRM displays it just beneath the primary tab bar, as illustrated in Figure 80. Some icons on the application toolbar are redundant with menu items that the application menu contains.

Figure 80. Menu and Toolbar in Siebel CRM

Applet Menu

An applet can contain a menu. An applet menu is a contextual menu that includes a number of menu items. Each menu item that an applet menu contains allows the user to perform a task in the context of the applet. Siebel CRM locates the applet menu in the upper left corner of an applet. To view an example applet menu, you can open the Siebel client, click the Accounts screen tab, and then the Accounts List link. In the Accounts List applet, click Menu. The menu that Siebel CRM displays is an example of an applet menu. If you click it, then Siebel CRM displays a pop-up contextual menu.

How Siebel CRM Handles a Menu or Toolbar Action

If the user clicks a menu item or toolbar icon, then Siebel CRM calls a method. This method can exist in one of the following ways:

• In a service that resides on the browser or server
• In a class that resides in the browser application, such as an applet or business component class
• In a class that resides in the server infrastructure, such as a Siebel Web Engine frame manager

Siebel CRM defines the menu item or toolbar icon to target the following items:

• A method name
• A method handler
• A service (optional)

A web template involves toolbar tags. For more information, see Using Web Templates to Configure Toolbars and Siebel Developer's Reference.