Common Elements Used on Navigation Pages

Important! Standard navigation pages (DFANs), custom navigation pages (CFANs), SmartNavigation, and other forms of classic navigation are no longer supported. The information in this topic pertains to a prior version of PeopleSoft classic applications only. The default navigational interface for PeopleSoft applications in the current release is based on the fluid banner, which can be used for both classic and fluid applications. For information on working with the fluid user interface, see Working with Fluid Pages and Controls.

Field or Control

Definition

Breadcrumbs

Your portal administrator can configure your navigation pages to display the navigation path or breadcrumbs. These breadcrumbs appear across the top of a navigation page and are generated according to the navigation path used to access the current content displayed. You can click the breadcrumbs to navigate through the path that you used to access the current content.

See Setting Up Navigation Collection Options.

Edit <folder name> Folder

The Edit <folder name> Folder link appears if you have accessed a standard navigation page and you have permissions defined for your user ID or role that enable you to access the Structure and Content component.

Select the Edit <folder name> Folder link to access the Folder Administration page, where you can edit aspects of the folder that was used to generate the selected standard navigation page.

See Defining Folders.

Edit <Navigation Collection name> Collection

The Edit <Navigation Collection name> Collection link appears if you have accessed a custom navigation page and you have permissions defined for your user ID or role that enable you to edit navigation collections.

Select the Edit <Navigation Collection name> Collection link to access the navigation collections component, where you can edit the definition that was used to build the selected custom navigation page.

See Creating and Maintaining Navigation Collections.

Spell-check button

Click the spell-check button to check the spelling of text in the associated field.

See Using Spell Check.