The Menu Viewer is a read-only window that provides a hierarchical view of the submenus and functions of a menu, and also lists properties of the menus and functions.
You can launch the viewer from the Menus form by clicking on the "View Tree..." button. The viewer will appear for the menu specified in the Menus form.
Note: When you are creating or editing a new menu, your changes must be committed to the database before you will be able to see them in the Menu Viewer.
The Menu Viewer consists of two panes, one showing the menu tree and the other the node properties.
To view the menu tree, click on the plus (+) sign next to the menu. You will see a hierarchical tree with a number of nodes. Each node represents a function or submenu of your main menu.
Note: The menu tree displays the user menu name for the main menu, and displays the prompts from the Menus form for submenus and functions. If no prompt has been specified, then no label will appear for the node.
To print a menu tree, choose Print from the File menu.
To view properties of a particular menu or function, highlight the node in the menu tree. The node properties will appear in the Properties pane. You can create a separate Properties page for a node by clicking the "push pin" button at the top of the Properties pane.
The entry's sequence number, prompt, and description are shown.
The View menu provides options on how the viewer displays your menu.
You can specify whether the Node Properties pane, the toolbar, or the status bar are displayed. You can also choose the display style in which you view your menu tree.
There are three styles for viewing your menu tree. You can select one from the View menu or from the buttons on the toolbar.
| Vertical | Menu entries are displayed vertically, similar to how they appear in the Navigator window when you log on to Oracle E-Business Suite. |
| Interleaved | Menu entries are displayed horizontally and vertically. |
| Org-Chart | Menu entries are displayed horizontally as in an organizational chart. |
From the Edit menu you can bring up a Properties window for the node you have highlighted in the menu tree.
Note: You can view the properties for your menu or function here, but you cannot edit them.
You can view and edit your Preferences for the Menu Viewer. You can choose colors for your menu tree pane as well as the text font and size.