This page is for application developers who want to provide one or more menus for application users.
Overview
You can add menus to help the users of your Application or Stream View.
When you create an application, PhixFlow automatically creates an empty menu item in the repository. When you add an menu items to this menu and refresh the browser window, PhixFlow displays the menu(s) for the loaded application.
For applications that are designed for use on both PCs and mobile devices, consider the usability of your menu on a small screen. A single menu may work in both form-factors. However, it can be helpful to have an alternative menu for mobile display.
To specify a default menu for an application, In the repository, right-click on it the menu name and select:
- either Make Default Desktop Menu
- or Make Default Mobile Menu.
To specify an alternative menu to display instead of the default, provide users with a URL to the application that specifies the alternative menu.
Adding Menu Items to the Repository
To add menu items, in the repository for your application, find the Menus branch. For a new application there is always one menu item, which is created by Phixflow when you create the application.
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- Add a new sub-menu
- Add a new menu item
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When you have selected an action, PhixFlow shows the name that will appear in the menu bar or menu. To change the display name,
find the action in the repository
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Basic Settings
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| Name | Only available for the top-level menu item and sub-menu items. |
The structure of the menu items in the repository reflects the menu structure you have created, for example:
- Top-level menu
Top of a tree of menus in the repository. The menu items listed in the top-level menu populates the menu bar at the top of the screen. The top-level menu does not have a display name because it acts as a container for the menus, rather than being a menu option itself. - Menu options
Menu options are associated with an action. Actions are often linked to underlying streams. When a use clicks the option PhixFlow runs the action. For example, if your application has a form to which a user can add data, the menu option "Save Changes" would save the data to the underlying stream. - Sub-menu:
A sub-menu contains more menu options. It is not associated with an action.
You can add
- top-level menu items
- sub-menus
- sub-menu items
PhixFlow displays menu options on the menu bar.
Menu Properties
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Top-level Application Menus
For each top level application menu, the following fields are configured:
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Enter the repository name for the menu item. | |
| Display Name | You can only enter a display name for sub-menus. Enter the sub-menu name for PhixFlow to display either on the menu bar or in another menu. For menu options, PhixFlow shows the display name inherited from the action. To change the action's display name,
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| Order | Enter the order in which the menu will appear, either on the menu bar or in the sub-menu list. PhixFlow reorganises existing entries if you add an order that is already in use. The order for menu items is:
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| Default Action |
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| Action | Only available for menu options. Select an action that will run when the user clicks the option in the menu. | ||||||||
| Hide the Menu Bar | Only available for the top-level menus.
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; see Design and Application Mode for screenshots showing the default menu bar.
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Menu ItemsThis section is available |
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when Hide the Menu Bar is not ticked. |
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The grid shows the list of menu items |
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Order - the order in which items appear
either on the menu bar. 1 means the option appears at the right of the line of the menu options. The highest number order appears on the far left of the menu bar
or in a sub-menu, the order in the list, with 1 at the top.
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To add sub-menus and menu items |
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In stream views and under top level application menus, you can create sub-menus and menu items. Menu items make actions available to users on forms.
The following fields are configured for menu items:
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The order in which the menu items will be presented
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