Navigation within a page involves the actions you perform to move about inside a page and the resources you use to do so. These resources, or tools, include your mouse and keyboard, tangible hardware you can touch.
Pages also contain navigation tools that are fundamental to display information and move to different areas in the pages. This section describes the following navigation tools: the Accept and Back toolbar items, results list sections, and tabs. When navigating within a page, the Tab key on your keyboard moves you from field to field, and to the next section on a page when you have reached the last field.
Accept and Back Toolbar Items
The Accept and Back items appear in a page toolbar. While Accept is not primarily a navigation tool, it often initiates an important navigation function. The primary purpose of Accept is to perform an action relative to your position in a page. If you are in a search section, Accept executes your search. If you are in a results list section, Accept opens the selected record in the list.
In terms of navigation, Accept moves you forward by one section in a multi-section application page. This occurs until you reach the final section in the page. When you reach the last section, Accept executes its function, such as saving a new record or opening a selected list item.
To move backwards by one section, use the Back item. Back similarly serves a function relative to your position in a page. For example, if your cursor is in a list section, Back moves you to the search section.
These two items function relative both to your position in a page and to the specific application page you are using.
Results List Sections
Application pages often contain sections where search results or table records display. These sections, referred to as result lists, contain column headings, columns, rows, and scroll bars.
The results list displays records in a list. Each row in the list represents an individual record. Column headings display above the record list. Each heading indicates the type of information contained in one of the list columns. The list shows the record's information for all columns contained among the column headings.
When you have records displayed in a results list section, you can double-click on a record to open a detail page showing the record in its entirety, or switch the record to edit mode, depending on the page.
Access a Record in a List Section
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Open the appropriate record center page.
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Enter your search criteria in the search section, or use the advanced search page, if available. For a description of search procedures, refer to Searching for Records.
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Prompt the system to perform the search. If you entered your criteria in the search section, click Search. If you are performing an advanced search, click OK in the Advanced Search page.
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In the results list section, find the record you want to view and double-click the row. A detail page opens showing the whole record or the record switches to edit mode.
Use Your Keyboard
You can initiate the following results list section navigation actions through your keyboard:
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To move up or down by one row, use the up or down arrow key, respectively.
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If your search retrieves a large number of records, you can use the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard. A page is considered to be the number of records that display on the page, and may adjust to your browser resolution settings. For example, if 15 records appear, along with a scroll bar, Page Up or Page Down will move the list to the next group of 15 records in the direction you select.
If you have selected a record that is not the first or last record displayed, then Page Up and Page Down will move to the first or last displayed record, respectively, first, then if pressed again it will move to the next group.
Use Your Mouse
Click one time to select a record. Double-click to open a display page or switch to edit mode. If your search retrieves a large number of records and a scroll bar appears, use the mouse wheel or click and drag the scroll bar to scroll the records.
Tabs
A tab on a page functions like a page in a book. Each tab contains a series of related fields. Tabs serve to group related fields and to ease navigation through a detailed record. Instead of navigating to several pages, you navigate within one page.
Examples:
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In Human Resources, an Employee Information detail page has information arranged in tabs.
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In Fund Accounting, a Vendor List record has information arranged in tabs.