3.2.4 Triggering BSCW Actions in JBrowser

JBrowser lets you use the full range of actions offered in BSCW's HTML-based interface.

Triggering actions

Objects in BSCW have a context menu.

• Right-click the entry of an object in the List window or the Table window

to display its context menu.

Figure 3.2-4: Context menu of URL object

The context menu lists all actions that you may presently perform on the object.

For the currently selected object the File menu and the Edit menu offer the actions that you need for your everyday work with BSCW.

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

Responses of BSCW in the HTML-based user interface

Actions like 'Catch up', 'Copy', 'Cut' etc. that you trigger in JBrowser are executed immediately. Many actions that need additional information to be carried out (e. g. adding a Document or creating a Note object) bring up the same HTML form as if the action had been triggered in the HTML-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 can react without delay.

Actions that you trigger by clicking a button in a Folder page or in a form generate an updated Folder page etc. automatically or display the page again 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 that a Document has just been added to.

• Click its name in the Folder path shown in the header of the Info page

to display the Folder page you need to see.

Responses of JBrowser

The results of BSCW actions that you trigger in JBrowser are not automatically shown there. You need to trigger JBrowser to request updated information from the BSCW server:

• Click the    button

to make JBrowser reload and display the updated information.