APEX Menu Bar

Learn about the APEX menu bar.

About the APEX Menu Bar

Learn about the APEX menu bar.

The APEX menu bar displays in a side bar on most Oracle APEX pages and enables developers to access key development tools, components, and functions.

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Options on the menu bar include:

Global Search

Search all applications in a workspace using Global Search.

The Global Search field (also known as Spotlight Search) displays in the menu bar.

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Key features of Global Search include:

You can activate Global Search in two ways:

Use Global Search to search all applications in the workspace no matter what your location in the current workspace. For example, if your workspace contains the Sample Reporting sample app, entering Sample will find it. Similarly, you can access global navigation menus that appear at the top window adjacent to the Oracle logo. For example, enter SQL Commands in the Global Search field to instant access SQL Commands.

To close the Global Search dialog, press the Esc key, or click anywhere outside the results.

Syntax to Run Searches

Search by page name and page alias. With in an in-app, use a colon (:) or dash (-) between the application ID or alias and the page ID, name, or alias.

Within App Builder and on the Application home page, APEX supports the following search types and syntax:

For Advanced Search use in the following formats:

application_ID:{search term}
application_ALIAS:{search term}
application_ID-{search term}
application_ALIAS-{search term}

Search terms can be a page ID, Name, Alias, or Shared Component.

Where:

The following example navigates you to page 10 of application 570:

10
570-10
570:10

You can also use this syntax to navigate to the Shared Components page of a given application:

application_ID:s
application_ID-s

Where:

The following example demonstrates how to navigate to the Shared Components page of application 570:

570:s
570-s

Global Search results display in a dialog. Use the Up and Down arrows keys to navigate the results and press Enter to make a selection. Since the the Global Search icon displays on nearly every page in APEX, you can continue to narrow your search until you find the app, page, or component (such as the item, button, or region) which contains the keyword.

Other available shortcuts change depending on where you are in App Builder, for example:

Tip: Some browsers map these Ctrl key shortcuts for quick tab navigation. In that case, the shortcut does not work as described above. Instead, they simply activate a particular open browser tab.

Search Example

Suppose you need to find an application called Employees which includes interactive grid built on the EMP table.

Note: In the following example, references to templates appear because they contain the text string emp.

  1. Find the application.

    1. On the Workspace home page, click the Global Search field and enter emp.

      Global Search would return results in the following order:

      • Applications

        Employees

        App 105 (employees)

      • Pages

        Employees

        App 105/Page 2 (employees)

      • Global

        Templates

        Team Development / Templates

      • Shared Components:

        • Templates

        App 105 / Shared Components

        • Email Templates

        App 105 / Shared Components

      • Actions

        • Email Templates

        App 105 / Shared Components

      • Shortcuts

        • Search this App for emp (Ctrl + 3)

        • Search all applications for emp (Ctrl + 2)

        • Search Workspace for emp (Ctrl + 1)

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    2. Under Applications, select Employees to view that application.

      The Employees application appears.

  2. Search the application.

    1. On the Application home page, click Search and enter emp.

      Global Search returns the results.

    2. Under Pages, select the Employees page.

      The page appears in Page Designer.

  3. Search the page.

    1. In Page Designer, click Search and enter emp again. Then, select the shortcut, Search Page for emp (or click Crtl+4).

      Global Search returns the results and displays them in the Page Search tab in the Central pane.

    2. Select a component (such as a process, column, region, and so on).

Extension Menu

Workspace administrators can add custom links to the Extensions menu on the APEX menu bar.

The Extension menu only appears on the menu bar if a Workspace Administrator has added links to it. When configured, the Extension menu displays on the menu bar between the Global Search field and the Administration menu.

In the following example shows an Extensions menu with links to APEX Blogs, APEX Events, and APEX Office Hours.

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To learn more about the Extension menu, see Managing Links on the Extension Menu in Oracle APEX Administration Guide.

Administration Menu

Click the Administration menu to access Workspace Administration pages such as Manage Service, Manage Users and Groups, Monitor Activity, Dashboards, or Change My Password.

The Administration menu displays after Search on the menu bar and features an image of a person with a wrench.

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Clicking the Administration menu displays the following options:

For more information, see:

Help Menu

Learn about the links available on the Help menu.

The Help menu resembles a question mark enclosed with a circle.

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Click the Help menu to access the following menu items:

Account Menu

Click the Account menu on the menu bar to configure appearance settings, edit your user profile or preferences, or sign out.

The Account menu displays on the menu bar after the Help menu.

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Account menu options include:

For more information, see: