Page Title Bar Navigation

The page title bar appears below the top-level navigation bar and relates to the currently displayed portal page (see Navigation). It contains items pertinent to the runtime navigation of portal pages, as well as items related to the identification, personalization, and handling of portal pages.

Integration

In the default portal installation, the page title bar is an iView (Page Title Bar) integrated in the Classic Framework Page of the user's portal desktop, appearing above the content area. For more information, see Classic Framework Page.

You can remove this iView to disable the page title bar completely, or you can customize the displayed items.

Prerequisites

To display the page title bar in a user's portal: The Page Title Bar iView has been assigned to the framework page displayed in any portal desktop.
To customize the page title bar: You have the appropriate portal permissions to edit the Page Title Bar iView.
To remove the page title bar from the framework page: You have the appropriate portal permissions to edit the framework page.

Features

Item	Description
Breadcrumb	A history of the most recently visited pages displayed in a path format. Each item in the path is a link to the page it names. The current page in focus is the last item in the path and is displayed in bold. You can click pages in the path to navigate to them. When you click a page in the breadcrumb path, the path retracts to the selected page. To see pages that you visited after the current page, display the History list (see below).
History	A dropdown list of the most recently visited pages. Pages that you have visited more than once are duplicated. The current page in focus is the first item in the list. You can select pages in the list to navigate to them.
Back/Forward	Click to go to the previous or next page in the history. Hover the mouse over the Back and Forward links to display a tooltip that lists the name of the destination page.
Options (menu)	The default setting for the Options menu items is No. Add to Browser Favorites. Bookmarks a page by adding it to the Favorites list of the browser. This option is available for Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers only. Add to Portal Favorites. Adds a portal navigation object (page or full-page application iView) or KM element (folder, document, contact) to the Portal Favorites iView in the navigation panel. Details. Displays the portal component name and the iView's full PCD name. Help. This option appears only when the ShowHelp for iViews property has been implemented during development. For information on implementing this feature, refer to the portal PDK documentation. Open in New Window. Opens the displayed page in a new window to enable working with the content of that page while performing other tasks in the main portal desktop. Personalize. Allows the user to customize the content and layout of the displayed portal page. Refresh. Updates the contents of the page in focus.

Note Note

If you are using the Ajax Framework Page, you can also add the Full Screen button to the page title bar. For more information, see Configuring the Ajax Framework Page.

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Activities

Enabling and Disabling the Page Title Bar

To enable/disable the page title bar, you add/remove the Page Title Bar iView from the relevant framework pages used in your organization. For an example and location of this iView in the Portal Catalog, examine the Classic Framework Page supplied with the portal; see Classic Framework Page.

Enabling or disabling the page title bar is a portal-wide setting affecting all pages in the portal. The reason for this is that the page title bar is assigned to a framework page, and not to each portal page specifically. The feature is therefore preset and related to users' desktops.

Caution Caution

We do not recommend hiding the page title bar, since the page-specific actions available in the Options context menu are not available elsewhere. For example, without the page title bar, portal users will not be able to personalize portal pages at runtime.

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Customizing the Page Title Bar

Assuming that you have enabled the page title bar, you can customize the items contained in it. To do so, edit the Page Title Bar iView, and modify the properties described below, as needed.

To:	Set Property:	Property Values:
Show / hide the History list in the page title bar	Show History List (`com.sap.portal.navigation.showHistory`)	Yes: shows list (default) No: hides list
Show / Hide the Breadcrumb path in the page title bar	Show Breadcrumb (`com.sap.portal.navigation.showBread`)	Yes: shows path (default) No: hides path
Show / Hide the Back and Forward links in the page title bar	Show Back and Forward Links (`com.sap.portal.navigation.showBack`)	Yes: shows links (default) No: hides links
Define the maximum number of entries displayed in the Breadcrumb path	Maximum Number of Items in Breadcrumb (`com.sap.portal.navigation.BreadCrumbDepth`)	Enter an appropriate number greater than 0 (default is 5)
Show / Hide the Options menu	Show Tray	Yes: shows menu No: hides menu See below for information about setting each item in the Options menu.

Customizing the Options Menu

The administrator can hide/display each item in the Options menu by setting the Show <'Item'> Option property.

To set the property:

Access the Property Editor of the object to which you want to add the functionality.
From the Property Category list, choose Appearance - Tray.
Find the Show <'Item'> Option property, and set the value that you want.
Save the setting.