Menus 

Use

Menus are used to display command groups in various ways on the user interface.

 

Integration

You can select various predefined menus in the parameter Collection Action Style (rndCollectionActionStyle) in the configuration of a collection renderer or in the parameter Command Display (rndItemActionStyle) in the configuration of a resource renderer.

 

Features

The following menus are contained and configured in the standard delivery.

ID of Menu in the Configuration	Assigned Entry in Parameter Collection Action Style or Command Display	Description
button_menu	button	The commands are displayed as a group of pushbuttons.
hover_menu	hover	You display the commands by clicking on the popup menu symbol ().
icon_menu	icon	The commands are displayed as symbols.
menu_bar	menu	The commands are displayed in a menu bar.
menu_link	link	The commands are displayed as a group of function links.
small_button_menu	small button	As for button, but the commands are displayed with a smaller font.
toolbar_button_menu	toolbar button	The commands are displayed in a symbol bar.

 

Note that for button, small button, and toolbar button, the command group to be depicted can only contain single commands. Further commands will not be displayed properly.

 

Each menu is based on a Java class. Predefined command groups are assigned to the various menus by default.

The following parameters are available for the configuration of a menu:

Parameters of Menus

Parameters	Required	Description
Unique ID	Yes	Name of the menu.
Description	No	Description of the menu.
Default UI Command Group	Yes	Specifies the command group that is used by default for this menu if there is no entry in the parameter Commands for the Details Menu or Command Group in the collection and resource renderers used.
Java Class	Yes	Specifies the Java class that implements the menu.

 

Activities

The delivered menus are already configured in the standard configuration.

To create a menu or to modify the configuration of an existing menu based on a Java class, choose Content Management ® User Interface ® Menus.