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Detailed navigation and the entries it contains behave according to the settings of various properties.

Use

The table lists some properties related to specific behaviors and features of detailed navigation.

Property

Description

Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node

Determines the display behavior of a launched folder:

  • true : The first item in folder is launched, unless a different item has been defined as the default opening entry

  • false: The folder opens to display contents and the content area is cleared. 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 the Examples section in this topic 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

By default the property is deselected.

When there are multiple selected objects, the first one in the role structure is the default entry.

See the Examples section in this topic 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.

By default the property is selected.

For more information, see Defining Invisible Navigation Nodes .

Expand First Item in Detailed Navigation

Determines whether selecting an item in top-level navigation automatically opens a folder if it is the first item in detailed navigation.

Launch in New Window

Determines where the contents of a navigation event are displayed:

  • 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 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 (embedded): Navigation opens a new window within a headerless framework page, displaying the navigation panel and content area only. For more information, see Headerless Navigation.

  • Display in separate headerless portal window (standards mode): Navigation opens a new window within a headerless framework page, optimized for rendering HTML5 content.

Leaf Folder

A property that defines a leaf mode for a Detailed Navigation folder:

Yes: Folder behaves like a 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. Select the Invisible in Navigation Areas page property.

  3. Select the Default Entry for Folder page property.

Note

Many of these properties can be configured using the Framework Page Configuration tool under Start of the navigation path Content Administration Next navigation step Portal Display Next navigation step Framework Page Configuration End of the navigation path.

Example

The following are sample scenarios of how the property Default Entry for Folder interacts with the property Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node.

Note

These scenarios only apply to the Classic Framework Page.

Scenario 1:

A folder Customers has its Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node property selected. It contains a third-node page New York Customers whose Default Entry for Folder property is selected.

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 deselected. 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 selected.

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.