5.3 Using Websheets

The Websheet application interface contains various elements for quick navigation and robust text editing.

• Breadcrumb Sections
  A breadcrumb displays at the top of every Websheet page. Click the down arrow next to the home breadcrumb to display a submenu of links to all Websheet pages.
• Navigation Sections
  Websheets can contain multiple pages. Each navigation section includes a hierarchical tree that enables you to navigate between pages or page sections.
• Showing and Hiding Page Sections
  To hide and show a section, click the arrow to the left of a section name.
• Online Help
  A Help button displays in the upper right corner of each page. Clicking Help displays a small Help system that provides an overview of Websheet functionality.
• Signing out of a Websheet
  Click the Sign out button to exit a Websheet.
• About the Websheet Search Bar
  Perform case insensitive searches of application content in the Search Websheet search bar.
• Control Panel
  For users with developer and administrator rights, the Control Panel displays on the right side of most Websheet pages.

5.3.1 Breadcrumb Sections

A breadcrumb displays at the top of every Websheet page. Click the down arrow next to the home breadcrumb to display a submenu of links to all Websheet pages.

To view another page, click the child breadcrumb entry.

Description of the illustration websheet_bread.png

5.3.2 Navigation Sections

Websheets can contain multiple pages. Each navigation section includes a hierarchical tree that enables you to navigate between pages or page sections.

Description of the illustration websheet_nav.png

Click the arrows on the left to expand or collapse the tree. To open a specific section or page, click it. Click Expand All to view all pages and page subsections. Click Reset to return the tree to the default display.

See Also:

Adding a Navigation Section

5.3.3 Showing and Hiding Page Sections

To hide and show a section, click the arrow to the left of a section name.

Description of the illustration websheet_nav1.png

5.3.4 Online Help

A Help button displays in the upper right corner of each page. Clicking Help displays a small Help system that provides an overview of Websheet functionality.

Available tabs include: About, Overview, Access Control, Markup Syntax, Data Grid, Application Content, and FAQ.

See Also:

"About Websheet Applications" in Oracle Application Express App Builder User’s Guide

5.3.5 Signing out of a Websheet

Click the Sign out button to exit a Websheet.

Description of the illustration websheet_logout.png

• To exit a running Websheet, click Sign out in the upper right corner.

5.3.6 About the Websheet Search Bar

Perform case insensitive searches of application content in the Search Websheet search bar.

The Search Websheet field displays in the upper right of each Websheet page.

Description of the illustration websheet_search.png

To search a Websheet, click Search Websheet, enter your query, and press Enter.

Search results display in a report. To refresh the view, click the Search button.

Once the search results display, use the Search region on the right side of the page to control what content to search. Searchable Content options include:

• Page Name

• Page Alias

• Page Description

• Section title

• Section content

• File Name, Alias, Description

• Tags

• Notes

• Data Grid Data

5.3.7 Control Panel

For users with developer and administrator rights, the Control Panel displays on the right side of most Websheet pages.

You can click the arrow to the right of the region title to hide or display the Control Panel.

Description of the illustration websheet_control_panel.png

The Websheet Control Panel contains the following options:

• New Sections. See "Adding and Editing Page Sections."

• Edit Sections. See "Adding and Editing Page Sections."

• New Page. See "Adding a New Page."

• New Page as a Copy. See "Copying an Existing Page."

• Edit Page. See "Editing Page Details."

• Page Directory. See "Viewing the Page Directory."

• New Data Grid. See "Creating a Data Grid."