Databases Reference
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Navigation
We speak of websheet navigation in two contexts. First, we discuss navigating through a websheet's content. Second,
we discuss navigating through the pages that are used to build a websheet. Be mindful that, in practice, you frequently
flip back and forth between these two contexts.
In both contexts, there are usually several ways to navigate to a given page or section. The duplicate navigation
choices might cause you a bit of confusion at first. However, after you work with websheets for a while, the navigation
choices become helpful and intuitive. This chapter doesn't document every possible navigation path; instead, it shows
you where to look for navigation links so that you can quickly find a comfortable navigation style that works for you.
Content Navigation
Content navigation enables you to quickly go to pages and sections within a page. Page navigation is mandatory and
is created for you as you create the websheet hierarchy. Section navigation is optional and is useful on long pages that
require a lot of vertical scrolling.
Page navigation is created by the websheet itself automatically by adding hierarchical breadcrumbs. In Figure
11-2
,
the hierarchical breadcrumbs are the drop-down menu at left, containing links to Players, Results, and Schedule. For
small websheets, the breadcrumbs and the right-side navigation sections might be all you need.
Figure 11-2.
Page navigation created by the websheet
Second, you can add page navigation manually by creating a page-navigation section. You can also embed
explicit page links in the page content (see Figure
11-3
). The details for adding a page-navigation section are discussed
later under the heading “Navigation Sections.” Embedded links are discussed in detail in the “Markup Syntax” section.
