Cascading Main Menu


Concept

During this topic you will be guided through the CONNECT system's cascading main menu.


Steps:

  1. Click the Sign In button.

    Step 1

  2. Mostly, you will navigate to components and pages in the application by using the cascading main menu.

     

    To navigate to components and pages, expand the Main Menu. For this exercise let's navigate to the Job Data component.

     

    Click the Main Menu button.

    Step 2

  3. CONNECT uses cascading menus to display a menu structure composed of a hierarchy of folders and content references that you can use to navigate to various application pages.

     

    Menu items will vary based on user role security to provide you access to the components you will need to work with.

    Step 3

  4. User security will determine the items available in the menu and therefore some users will have more menu items than others.

     

    If your menu includes more items than it can display an arrow at the bottom will allow you to navigate.

     

    To access additional menu items place your mouse over or click the Bottom arrow.

     

    Click the Scroll Down button.

    Step 4

  5. Click the Scroll Down button again to continue viewing the menu items.

    Step 5

  6. Click the Scroll Up button.

    Step 6

  7. You also have the ability to sort your menu items alphabetically in ascending and descending order.

     

    Click the Sort Menu button.

    Step 7

  8. Notice how the menu is now sorted in alphabetical and ascending order.

     

    Also, notice how the sort button is now pointing up.

     

    Click the Sort Menu button.

    Step 8

  9. The cascading menus approach is the recommended way of getting around in your CONNECT application. To use the cascading menus, you click each folder leading to the desired destination. Then, when you reach the destination page, click on that link.

     

    Click the Self Service menu.

    Step 9

  10. Click the Personal Information menu.

    Step 10

  11. Notice that yellow highlighting on the cascaded menus indicates your navigation trail to this point.

     

    Click the Personal Information Summary menu.

    Step 11

  12. Once you land on the page, the page title is displayed at the top.

    NOTE: some pages may have a different name than the menu item.

    Step 12

  13. Also, notice the Navigation Path (also known as breadcrumbs) is available at the top.

    Step 13

  14. Click the Home link.

    Step 14

  15. Click the Sign out link.

    Step 15

You have successfully used some of the Cascading Main Menu items to move through CONNECT browser-based application interface.

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