Setting a Uniform Height and Width for Item Icons

10-20 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal ■ Base Item Type Content grouping is available only with item regions. Figure 10–30 shows the same region, first grouped by item type, then grouped by category. Figure 10–30 Region Shown Grouped by Item Type Then by Category To group the items in a region: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlet Work In drop-down list, select the page group that

owns the page where the region is located. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. Under Pages in the Layout Appearance section, click the link to the page where

the region is located. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Edit Region icon in the relevant region

Figure 10–31 . Figure 10–31 The Edit Region Icon

6. On the resulting page, go to the Item Display Options section, and choose one of

the following grouping criteria from the Group By drop-down list: ■ None to forgo the grouping of items ■ Category to group items by their category ■ Author to group items by their author Author groups are ordered alphabetically by the user name of the user who uploaded the item the author. ■ Date to group items by their creation date Date groups are ordered from oldest to most recent. ■ Base Item Type to group items by their base item type For example, Base File, Base Text, Base Image, and so on.

7. Select Display Group By Banner to display a banner with each group

Figure 10–30 . Banner text is generated from the value associated with the grouping criteria. For example, if you group by author, the banner text is the author’s name. If you Working with Layouts 10-21 group by item type, the banners text is the name of the item type, such as Simple File, Zip File, and so on.

8. Click OK to save your changes and return to the page.

The grouping criterion displays in the Group By banner. For most grouping criteria, the grouping criterion displays as a link, which, when clicked, invokes a search for all items of a like category, author, create date, or base item type. Some criteria are not suitable for searching, such as a loginlogout link. When the grouping criterion is not suitable for searching, it is not rendered as a link in the Group By banner. In addition to grouping, Oracle Portal offers sorting. Where grouping determines how items are clustered together, sorting determines the display order for each cluster. If items are not grouped, then sorting determines the display order for all items in the region. For more information, see the next section.

10.2.11 Defining a Sort Order for Items

You can specify the order in which items are displayed in a region. When items are grouped using the Group By option, the sort order you specify determines the order of the items within each group. When items are not grouped using the Group By option, the sort order you specify determines the order of items within the region. Item ordering options are available only for item regions. To specify the display order of items in a region: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlet Work In drop-down list, select the page group that

owns the page where the items to be sorted are located. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. Under Pages in the Layout Appearance section, click the link to the page where

the items to be sorted are located. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Edit Region icon in the region where the items to be sorted are located

Figure 10–32 . Figure 10–32 The Edit Region Icon

6. On the resulting page, go to the Item Display Options section, and choose one of

the following options from the Sort By list: ■ Default to forgo the sorting of items If you choose this option, items are not sorted automatically. They are arranged according to how they are explicitly placed in the region. Users can arrange the items the way they like using the Arrange option available in the region banner in page Edit mode. The Arrange option does not display when another sorting option is selected. ■ Title to order items alphabetically by their display name ■ Size to order items by their size