15.6 Moving Portlets to Another Region

You can move one or more portlets to another region on the same page. You can do this so that it affects everyone's view of the portlets (Edit) or just your view (Personalize).

This section covers editing a region and making moves that affect everyone's view. It contains the following subsections:

This section covers moving portlets while editing a region. For information on moving portlets while personalizing a region, see Section 2.3.3, "Moving Portlets to Different Regions/Tabs".

15.6.1 Moving a Single Portlet

To move a portlet to another region for all users of the page:

  1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

  2. Go to the page that contains the portlet to be moved.

    For information on locating a page, see Section 8.1, "Locating Pages in Oracle Portal".

    If you do not see the page you will work with, you may not have the appropriate page access privileges. Ask your page group administrator to grant access.

  3. Click the Edit link at the top of the page.

    This opens the page in Edit mode.

  4. Click the Actions icon next to the portlet to be moved (Figure 15-9).

    Figure 15-9 The Actions Icon

    Actions icon

  5. Click the Move to another region link.

  6. Select a new region, and click Move Portlet.

    The portlet is moved, and you are returned to the page.

15.6.2 Moving Multiple Portlets Simultaneously

When you want to move multiple portlets simultaneously, you can do so through Layout view of page Edit mode. All portlets moved simultaneously are placed in the same region. That is, you cannot select multiple portlets to move, then select a different target region for each.

To move multiple portlets simultaneously:

  1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

  2. Go to the page that includes the portlets to be moved.

    For information on locating a page, see Section 8.1, "Locating Pages in Oracle Portal".

  3. Click Edit to switch to Edit mode.

  4. In the toolbar at the top of the page, click Editing Views: Layout.

    This places you in Layout view of page edit mode.

  5. Select each portlet to move by clicking the check box next to it.

  6. Click the Actions: Move button.

  7. On the resulting page, select the region to which to move the portlets, and click the Move Portlet button.