Changing Portlet and Item Spacing

Working with Layouts 10-29 The tab Name is used in path-based URLs to access the tab.

7. In the Display Name field, enter the text to display on the tab.

Enter up to 256 characters of any kind. The Display Name defaults to New Tab if unspecified. When you use your own tab images, rather than the default image supplied by Oracle Portal, the Display Name is used as Alt text when users move their mouse pointers over the tab. When you use your own tab images, the images must include whatever text you care to display.

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

10.3.3 Rearranging the Order of Tabs in a Region

In perfecting or updating your page design, you may find that the original display order of a tab set requires rearrangement. In Oracle Portal it is a simple process to rearrange the order of tabs. To rearrange the order of tabs: 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 tabs 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 tabs are located. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Arrange Tabs icon in the relevant region

Figure 10–42 . Figure 10–42 The Arrange Tabs Icon Note: In the Oracle Portal user interface, an asterisk indicates a field that requires a value. Note: For more information on the formation of URLs, see Appendix C, Formation of URLs in Oracle Portal . Note: For a summary of the rules governing the naming of objects in Oracle Portal, see Appendix D, Object Naming Rules in Oracle Portal . Note: To rearrange tabs on a page, you must have at least the page privilege Manage Content. However, if you can personalize a page, you can also rearrange the order of tabs in your own view of a page. 10-30 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal This opens the Arrange Tabs page.

6. In the Arrange Tabs list, select a tab and use the Move icons to reorder it in

relation to the other tabs in the list. 7. Repeat step 6 for the tabs to be rearranged.

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

10.3.4 HidingShowing Tabs

In some situations, you may want to hide a tab from users. For example, you may want to work on a tab before you make it available to other users. When you hide a tab, other users cannot see the tab when they view the page; however, as the tab’s creator, you can see and work with it in Edit mode. Some users will be able to see the tab when they edit or personalize the page, but it will be identified as a hidden tab, and they cannot access it. System level caching options affect whether a hidden tab is visible in the Graphical view of page Edit mode. This is because when the page definition or the fully assembled page content is cached at the system level, the same information is rendered from the same source for all users: ■ On pages cached at the user level, hidden tabs display as Hidden only to users with a minimum of the page or tab privilege Manage Content. Hidden tabs do not display to other users. ■ On pages where the page definition only is cached at the system level, hidden tabs display as Hidden only to users with a minimum of the page or tab privilege Manage Content. Hidden tabs do not display to other users. ■ On pages cached at the system level for a specified period expiry caching, hidden tabs display as Hidden to all users. This section describes how to hide one or more tabs. It contains the following subsections: ■ Section 10.3.4.1, Hiding and Showing a Tab ■ Section 10.3.4.2, Hiding and Showing Multiple Tabs at Once

10.3.4.1 Hiding and Showing a Tab

To hide a single tab: 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 tab is located. Note: To hide or show a tab on a page, you must have at least the page privilege Manage. However, when you have personalization privileges on a page, you can hide and show tabs when you personalize the page. When you hide tabs as you personalize a page, tabs are hidden only in your view of the page; other users are still able to see the tabs.