About the Layout Editor and navigation components

Auto-Fill Options

The Auto-Fill Content field includes a drop-down list of Auto-Fill options that set the possible navigation behaviors specific to the selected navigation item.

For more information about Auto-Fill navigation, see About auto-fill navigation.

Actions List

The Actions field shows a list of content assigned to the panes of the layout applied to the selected screen. Each item in the Actions list includes a set of layout or content actions to remove or edit the pane's current content.

Navigation Model

The Navigation field shows the hierarchy of navigation items in the ViewApp. The entire set of navigation items is the navigation model, .which includes references to visual content and assigned navigation behavior when an item is selected.

Configuration View

Thumbnail representation of the content that appears in a pane while configuring ViewApp navigation. The icon dynamically updates as you add content to panes or assign navigation behaviors to items.

Navigation Control

A Navigation tree control shows a visual representation of the ViewApp's navigation model with a set of selectable navigation items arranged in a hierarchical tree. During runtime, users can select a navigation item from the control to set the context of the ViewApp's view.

Command Bar

Commands to add, remove, or rename navigation items to create a custom navigation model of a ViewApp.

For more information about creating custom navigation in a ViewApp, see About ViewApp custom navigation.

Layout

The Layout field shows the name of the layout applied to the selected screen in the screen profile.

The Layout field contains a drop-down list of all layouts in the Galaxy. You can select another layout from the list to replace the current layout assigned to the screen.

For more information about assigning another layout to the current screen from the ViewApp Editor, see Manage layouts in a ViewApp.

The Layout field also includes commands to remove the current layout from the selected screen or edit the layout itself.

Screen Profile

The Screen Profile field shows an Icon view of the screens of the selected screen profile. A green screen background identifies the selected screen assigned to the ViewApp currently edited in the ViewApp Editor.

The Screen Profile field also includes commands to remove the current screen profile from the selected screen or edit the screen profile itself.

Layout assignment to a screen

Visual representation of the selected layout applied to the selected screen in a screen profile. The names of the screen and layout appear beneath the icon image of the layout.

For more information about assigning the initial layouts to the screens of a screen profile with the ViewApp Initialization wizard, see Create a ViewApp.

Content Pane

Content can be selected to appear in a pane by an assigned content type. If the assigned content type of a graphic, control, or other content matches the assigned content type of the pane, the content appears in the pane during runtime.

For more information about content navigation, see About content types and navigation.