Features Enabled Through DTN
Properties
Use
Detailed navigation and the entries it contains behave according to the settings of various properties. The table below lists some properties related to specific behaviors and features of detailed navigation.
Property |
Description |
Enable Context Menu in Detailed Navigation |
Determines if a context menu is displayed when a user right-clicks an entry in the Detailed Navigation iView. The items in the context menu are not provided; they must be coded by the content developer. |
Enable Text Wrapping in Detailed Navigation |
Determines if text that is longer than the display width of the Detailed Navigation iView is wrapped to the next line. Setting the property to No activates a horizontal scroll bar, allowing you to view the entire text. |
Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node |
Determines the display behavior of a launched folder: true: The first item in the folder is launched, unless a different item has been defined as the default opening entry false: The folder opens to display its contents and the content area is cleared. You must click to launch the items in the folder. false without clearing: The folder opens to display its contents, and the content area does not change until you click to launch an item in the folder. See Examples below for more information. |
Default Entry for Folder |
A page/iView property defining an object as the default that displays when its folder is launched, even if the page is located in top-level navigation. The default value is No. When there are multiple Yes objects, the first one in the role structure is the default entry. See Examples below for more information. |
Display Parent of Hidden Node |
Some portal objects are not displayed in the navigation iViews. When navigating to such an object, you can determine whether you want the object’s first visible parent node to be displayed in the navigation iViews. The default value is No. For more information, see Defining Invisible Navigation Nodes. |
Open Folder When Launched |
Determines whether to open a folder when it is launched, to display its contained hierarchy. |
Highlight Entire Row of Selected Navigation Node |
Determines whether to highlight the entire row of the selected navigation node in detailed navigation. Select No to only highlight the text of the navigation node. |
Examples
The following are sample scenarios of how the property Default Entry for Folder interacts with the property Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node.
Scenario 1:
A folder Customers has its Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node property set to true. It contains a third-node page New York Customers whose Default Entry for Folder property is set to Yes.
Result: The setting of the page property, Default Entry for Folder, takes precedence and the New York Customers page is displayed.
Scenario 2:
A folder Customers has its Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node property set to false. This means that no page should be launched when the folder is clicked. However, it contains a page whose Default Entry for Folder property is set to Yes.
Result: The setting of the page property, Default Entry for Folder, takes precedence over the folder property setting, and the page is displayed as soon as the folder is launched.