Figure 3.1-1 shows the elements of the header section of a folder page.

The header section of a folder page — like the header section of a calendar page, of an address book page, etc. — has the following elements.

The top menu bar

contains the menus for creating and manipulating objects within the folder (or calendar, discussion, etc.). These actions are described in section 3.3.

The action shortcuts

consist of frequently used actions like creating objects, e.g., documents, subfolders or discussions, initiating a search or getting more information about the current folder.

The instant access bar

gives access to personal objects like your home folder, clipboard, trash, address book and calendar.

The navigation bar

specifies the location of the current object in your folder hierarchy as :your-user-name / active workspaces. The names in the directory path are links to the respective folder pages.

The banner

is empty by default; a banner consisting of text and graphics may be inserted individually for each folder, if so desired (see 4.3.4).

The selection menu bar

offers buttons for

• selecting or de-selecting all entries in the current page;
• enabling or disabling the display of subfolders, when the option  View    Foldout  is active (also cf. 4.2.3.2);
• applying the actions listed to the objects selected (check-marked).

The context menu

(an action button at the lower right-hand corner of the header section of the folder page) offers all actions that are applicable to the current folder.