Breadcrumb Templates

A breadcrumb template controls the display of breadcrumb entries. You select a breadcrumb template when you create a region.

About Breadcrumb Style Navigation

Breadcrumbs usually indicate where the current page is relative to other pages in the application. In addition, users can click a specific page to instantly view it. For example, the Oracle Application Express user interface includes breadcrumb paths at the top of each page.

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Breadcrumb Template Attributes

This section describes specific sections of the Edit Breadcrumb Template page. You can access the sections of the page by either scrolling down the page, or by clicking a navigation button at the top of the page. Note that when you select a button at the top of the page, the selected section appears and all other sections are temporarily hidden. To view all sections of the page, click Show All.

Name

Name identifies the name of the template. Use the Translatable check box to indicate that the template contains text strings that require translation. Theme indicates the theme to which the template is a member.

Template Class identifies a specific use for the template. When you switch to a theme, all templates in one theme are mapped to corresponding templates in another theme. Application Builder accomplishes this template mapping through the assignment of a template class.

Subscription

Use Subscription to apply an existing template to the current application.

Use Reference Master Breadcrumb Template From to select an existing template in this application or another template in your workspace's schema. By selecting an existing template, you become a subscriber to that template.

To load a copy of a master template, click Refresh Template.

Template Type

Select one of the following template styles:

Child Breadcrumb Entries displays all breadcrumb entries that are children of the current page parent breadcrumb (that is, peers of the current breadcrumb).
Current Breadcrumb displays all breadcrumb entries in sequence with a common parent.
Parent Breadcrumb Entries displays all breadcrumb entries for the current pages parent breadcrumb (that is, one level up from the current breadcrumb entry).
Parent to Leaf (breadcrumb style) displays the current page breadcrumb entry, its parent to the left, and so on, until the root node is reached.

Definition

Table: Breadcrumb Entry Control attributes describes available breadcrumb Entry attributes.

Breadcrumb Entry Control attributes

Attribute	Description
Before First	Defines text that displays before the first breadcrumb entry.
Current Page Breadcrumb Entry	Defines the look of a breadcrumb entry that corresponds to the current page. This attribute supports the following substitution strings: `#NAME#` specifies the short name of the breadcrumb entry. `#LINK#` specifies the anchor target of the breadcrumb entry. `#LONG_NAME#` specifies the long name of the breadcrumb entry.
Non Current Page Breadcrumb Entry	Defines the look of a breadcrumb entry that does not correspond to the current page. This attribute supports the following substitution strings: `#NAME#` specifies the short name of the breadcrumb entry `#LINK#` specifies the anchor target of the breadcrumb entry `#LONG_NAME#` specifies the long name of the breadcrumb entry For example: <li><a href="#LINK#">#NAME#</a>
After Last	Defines text that displays after the last breadcrumb entry.
Between Level	Defines text that displays between levels of breadcrumb entries. For example, if a breadcrumb has three levels this text would display at the "X" in the example that follows: main X cars X porsche X 911
Maximum Levels	Specifies the number of levels that appear when displaying breadcrumbs in a breadcrumb style.

Link Attributes

Use Breadcrumb Link Attributes to specify hypertext link attributes for a breadcrumb entry. For example, display the hypertext link for the breadcrumb entry, add the following text to the HTML anchor tag in the position of the X:

&lt;A HREF="..." X&gt;

Substitution Strings

Lists substitution string used in the current template. Substitution strings are used within subtemplates to reference component values.

Comments

Use this attribute to record comments about this component.