Using Page Definition Toolbars

The toolbars in PeopleSoft Application Designer change, depending on the active window. When a page window is active, you see the page definition toolbar and the page control toolbar.

Page Definition Toolbar

Field or Control Description

Properties button

Click the Properties button to open the Page Properties dialog box (Alt+Enter).

Project Workspace button

Click the Project Workspace button to display or hide the project workspace (View, and then Project Workspace or Alt+0).

Select Group button

Click the Select Group button to select several controls at once (Edit, and then Select Group menu item or Ctrl+P).

Default Ordering button

Click the Default Ordering button to reorder all of the fields on the page based on their relative locations on the page (Layout, and then Default Ordering).

Test Page button

Click the Test Page button to test the tab order of your page design (Layout, and then Test Mode or Ctrl+T).

View Page in Browser button

Click the View Page in Browser button frequently throughout the design process (Layout, and then View in Browser).

Toggle Inspector button

Click the Toggle Inspector button to display or hide the floating Definition Inspector window (View, and then Show Page Control Inspector).

Auto Size Fields button

Click the Auto Size button to size a subpage or secondary page to fit around page controls.

Toggle grid button

Click the Toggle Grid button to display or hide the page grid (View, and then Show Grid or Ctrl+G).

Left Label Position button

Click the Left Label Position button to place the page control label for the currently selected field immediately to the left (Layout, and then Left Label Position or Ctrl+D).

Align Left | Center | Right buttonsAlign Top | Middle | Bottom buttons

Click an Align (position) button to move the selected page controls so that the edges or center points of the selected page controls share a common axis (Layout, and then Align (position).

See Aligning Page Controls and Page Control Labels.

Align label buttons

Click an Align Label (position) button to move the selected labels so that the edges or center points of the selected labels share a common axis (Layout, and then Align, and then Label (position).

Auto Size Fields button

Click the Auto Size Fields button to resize the selected edit box and drop-down list box page controls so that they are all the same width as the last page control that you select. (Layout, and then Align, and then Auto Size Fields)

Show Help button

Click the Show Help button to view the page definition help.

Page Control Toolbar

The page control toolbar contains a button for each type of page control that you insert. The buttons display images that look like the controls that they insert. You can move this toolbar on your workspace independently of the system toolbar or the other half of the page definition toolbar.

Field or Control Description

Frame button

Frame.

Group Box button

Group box.

Horizontal Rule button

Horizontal rule.

Static Text button

Static text.

Static Image button

Static image.

Grid tab separator button

Grid tab separator.

Check Box button

Check box.

Drop-Down List Box button

Drop-down list box.

Edit Box button

Edit box.

HTML Area button

HTML area.

Image button

Image.

Long Edit box button

Long edit box.

Push Button/Hyperlink button

Push button/hyperlink.

Radio Button button

Radio button.

Tree button

Tree.

Grid button

Grid.

Scroll Area box button

Scroll area.

Scroll Bar button

Scroll bar.

Secondary Page button

Secondary page.

Subpage button

Subpage.

Chart button

Chart.