Navigate Between Pages in the Same Flow

To navigate between pages in the same flow, you associate a page component with an event that sets off a navigation action chain.

Let's say you've defined two pages within a particular flow: main-start and main-other within the main flow. And you want users to click a button on the main-start page to get to the main-other page. To do this:

1. Open the page you want to navigate from (main-start, for example).
2. In the Page Designer, drag a component that you want to set off navigation and drop it onto the page canvas. Here's an example of a button on a page:
   
   

   
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3. Select the page component, then click the Events tab in the Properties pane.
4. Click the + Event Listener button and select On 'ojAction', the default action for a button click. You might see other options suggested for your particular component.
5. When a new action chain is created, drag the Navigate to Page action from the Navigation section of the Actions palette and drop it onto the canvas.
6. In the Navigate action's properties, select Page (if necessary), then select the page you want to navigate to from the Page drop-down list (for example, main-other).
   
   

   
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7. Optional: To enable users to navigate back to the original page, associate a page component with an event that sets off a Navigate Back action chain:
   1. Go to the page that you set up navigation to (for example, main-other).
   2. Drag and drop a component onto the page canvas (for example, a button with the label Back).
   3. Click the + Event Listener button and select On 'ojAction'.
   4. When a new action chain is created, drag the Navigate Back action from the Navigation section of the Actions palette onto the canvas.
8. Preview your application to test navigation between the two pages.