3.1.1 Header

The header section of a Folder page, a Meeting page etc. consists of:

 
offering links to the BSCW homepage [ABOUT] and to the online [HELP]. Currently, the help is available online as HTML files or as a pdf file that you may download and use locally. Additionally there is a manual that you may download and print.

Banner

empty in most cases; a banner (text and graphics) can be inserted -- individually for each Folder, if desired (see section 4.4.4).

 
the top button bar containing the buttons for creating new objects in the Folder, Meeting or Discussion.

The objects that are created by clicking these buttons are described in section 3.3.

   : <Your user name> / Active Workspaces

specifies the location of the current object in your Folder hierarchy as the directory path from your home Folder.

The names are links to the respective Folder pages.

   BSCW Demo   

containing the name of the current object preceded by the information icon and an icon that represents the object type. The current object's name may be followed by an icon that acts as a link to a corresponding object. "Corrresponding" is used here in the sense of Workspace <--> Members page; Meeting <--> Participants page; Bag (clipboard) <--> home Folder etc. For instance, in a Workspace page, the link will take you to the Members page (see section 4.5.1) of this Workspace.

 
the button bar for selected objects offering buttons for

• De-selecting:    or selecting:    all entries in the current page;
• Switching among presentation styles of entries:
• Showing:    or hiding:    the [Action] bar in each entry,
• Showing:    or hiding:    the Description that may exist for each entry,
• Showing:    or hiding:    the entries of objects contained in the Folders, Meetings and Discussions that are contained in the current Folder or Meeting object.

Showing or hiding [Action] bars, Descriptions and second-level entries are persistent properties of the current object that you change by clicking one of the buttons. The properties of the current object temporarily override the respective properties of the objects on the next lower level, while their contents (2nd level) is displayed in the current page.

• Managing selected (checkmarked) objects.