Features Enabled Through DTN Properties 
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 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 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 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. 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. |
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: 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 (Embedded): Navigation opens a new window within a headerless framework page whose desktop Innerpage uses the Embedded isolation method. |
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:
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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 Yes. 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. |
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. This property is only available with the default Detailed Navigation iView. It is not available with the collaboration Detailed Navigation iView or with the light framework page. |
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.