With JBrowser you may use the full range of actions offered in BSCW's Web-based interface.

Triggering actions

JBrowser offers actions as context menus:

• Right-click the entry of an object in the tree view or the list view to display its context menu;
• The context menu lists all actions that you may presently perform on the object;
• Now select the desired action.

For the currently selected object several actions are offered in the menus  File   and  edit   .

The icon bar lets you trigger the most important actions on the selected object immediately.

Responses of BSCW in the Web-based user interface

Actions like  Catch up   ,  Copy   ,  Cut   etc. are executed immediately. Many actions that need additional information to be carried out (e. g. adding a document or creating a note) bring up the same browser form as if the action had been triggered in the Web-based interface.

Note:

JBrowser replaces only a part of the BSCW user interface. Keep BSCW's Web browser window open and visible, so you can immediately see when BSCW prompts you for necessary information by bringing up a form and react without delay.

Actions that you trigger in the Web-based interface typically generate an updated folder page or display the page again from where you triggered the action.
There is a different response if you trigger the action in JBrowser: here BSCW always displays the info page of the object affected, e.g. the info page of the folder to which a document has just been added.

Responses of JBrowser

The results of actions triggered in JBrowser that bring up a Web browser form to carry out the modification are not automatically shown in JBrowser. You need to trigger JBrowser to request updated information from the BSCW server: select  View    Reload   or simply click   to display the updated information.