Menus: Menu Items and Submenus

Choose the users and groups to whom to grant Execute privileges on the menu item or submenu.

Note: This field displays only if you have cleared the Inherit from portlet check box. If you have not cleared this check box, the menu items and submenus inherit privileges from the menu portlet.

Choose an image file (.gif format) to use as the bullet next to the hypertext link to the submenu that appears on its parent menu. Click the right of the text box to search for available bullet icons.

Note: The icon must be located in the images/ virtual directory. You can add an icon to this directory using the Image Manager.

Enter descriptive text that will display just below the hypertext link to the submenu on its parent menu. For example, if you specify Menu Item 1 as the Name of a submenu and This is descriptive text for menu item 1 as the Description, it appears on its parent menu like this:

Choose a template to set the look and feel of menu elements such as background colors and images, and the image that appears in the upper left corner of the menu.

Hint: To set a common look and feel for all menus and submenus in the hierarchy, choose a template for the menu, then choose Default to Parent Template for all submenus under the menu.

Choose a font for the hypertext link to the submenu that appears on its parent menu. As shown in the figure below, you can choose a different font for each hypertext link.

Note: If the font you want to use is not listed, you can add it to the list using the Font Manager.

Select to create a menu where all the menu items and submenus inherit their security from the menu portlet itself. This means that all end users with Execute privileges on the menu portlet automatically have Execute privileges on every menu item and submenu in the menu hierarchy. If the menu portlet inherits its privileges from its provider, then the menu items and submenus will in turn inherit those same privileges.

Clear this check box if you want to establish different levels of security for the menu items and submenus in this menu. Clearing the check box enables you to choose the users and groups to whom you want grant Execute privileges for each menu item and submenu.

Note: When you are creating or editing a menu, you can only grant menu item level privileges. You can grant privileges on a menu portlet on the Access tab of the Manage portlet page.

Select to enable end users to search for text on submenus linked to this menu.

Specifying this option adds a button to the current menu labeled Find Menu Options. An end user of the menu can type search criteria and click the button to search for text in any menus that are linked from the menu containing the button. Clicking a search result navigates to the menu containing the text.