Functionalities 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. Note that not all of the properties are actually set in the DTN iView Property Editor.
Property |
Description |
Enable Context Menu for Detailed Navigation Items |
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 customer’s content developer. |
Enable Text Wrapping in Detailed Navigation |
Determines if text entries that are longer than the display width of the DTN iView are 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: Yes: First item in folder is launched, unless a different item has been defined as the default opening entry No: Folder opens to display contents; user must click an item to launch it 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. |
Launch in New Window |
Determines where the contents of a navigation node or the results of a Drag&Relate event are displayed The four values are: Display in portal content area Navigation replaces what is displayed in the content area. Display in separate window Navigation opens a new window, leaving the original content protected in the content area. Display in separate portal window Navigation opens a new window that displays all the elements contained in the portal framework page: a header area, a page title bar, a navigation panel, and the content area. Display in separate headerless portal window Navigation opens a new window within a headerless framework page, displaying the navigation panel and content area only. For more information see Headerless Navigation. |
Leaf Folder |
A property that defines a leaf mode for a DTN folder: Yes: Folder behaves as page and does not expand to display its contents No: Folder behaves as folder and expands to display its contents To effect the leaf behavior in the folder, you need to: ... 1. Add a page to the folder. 2. Set the Invisible in Navigation Areas page property to Yes. 3. Set the Default Entry for Folder page property to Yes. |
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 Yes. It contains a third-node page New York Customers whose Default Entry for Folder property is set toYes.
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 No. 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 toYes.
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.