Configuring Levels of Top-Level Navigation 

Configuring the levels of top-level navigation consists of these consecutive procedures:

●      Configuring top-level navigation

●      Enabling the top-level navigation overflow menu

●      Configuring detailed navigation

●      Configuring the content area

Prerequisites

You have copied the Default Framework Page. For information, see SAP Note 687485.

Procedure

Configure Top-Level Navigation

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       1.      In the Portal Catalog, choose Portal Content → Portal Users → Standard Portal Users.

This folder contains the Default Framework Page.

       2.      Right-click the Default Framework Page and choose Open → Page.

The Page Editor opens.

       3.      Select the Top-Level Navigation iView and click Open.

The Property Editor for the Top-Level Navigation iView opens.

       4.      Click Modify.

       5.      From the Show Category dropdown list, select the Navigation property category and locate the Number of Display Levels property. Enter the value 0, 1, or 2, depending on how many navigation levels, if any, you want for top-level navigation.

Entering 0 removes the top-level navigation and displays the navigation structure in the Detailed Navigation iView.

       6.      Click Save.

Enable the Top-Level Navigation Overflow Menu

If there are more top-level navigation entires than fit the width of the screen, scrolling buttons appear to enable the portal user to scroll through the entries. You can also add an overflow button so that portal users can view all the top-level navigation entries in a dropdown list and select the required item from the list.

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       1.      In the Property Editor for the Top-Level Navigation iView, in the Navigation property category, locate the Show Overflow Menu property.

       2.      Click Modify.

       3.      Select the appropriate level:

○       Disabled: Hides the overflow menu

○       One Level: Only displays the overflow menu if the Number of Display Levels property is set to 1

○       Two Levels: Displays the overflow menu regardless of the value of the Number of Display Levels property

       4.      Click Save.

Configure Detailed Navigation

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       1.      From the Page Content List of the Default Framework Page, select Desktop Innerpage and click Open.

       2.      From the Page Content List of the Desktop Innerpage select the Detailed Navigation iView and click Open.

The Detailed Navigation iView’s Property Editor opens.

       3.      Click Modify.

       4.      Scroll to the Start at Level property and assign a value that is one higher than the value of the Number of Display Levels property in the Configure Top-Level Navigation procedure.

For example, if top-level navigation is configured for one level, the detailed navigation begins on the second level, that is with the value 2.

Detailed navigation is not automaticallysynchronized with top-level navigation; the values that you enter for top-level and detailed navigation must agree. For example, if you enter the value 1 for top-level navigation, while detailed navigation still has the value 3, one level is left out, creating a gap.

       5.      Click Save.

Configure the Content Area

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       1.      From the Page Content List of the Desktop Innerpage, select the Content Area iView and click Open.

       2.      Click Modify.

       3.      Scroll to the Number of Display Levels in TLN property and enter the same value as that of the Number of Display Levels property in the Configure Top-Level Navigation procedure.

       4.      Click Save.