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C H A P T E R 4
Customizing Look and Feel
Customizing application look and feel is one of the most important aspects of solution delivery. It is the
process that defines how your application is presented to the end user. APEX is extremely flexible in this
area, letting you customize not just the color schemes, headers and footers of a page, but even the
attributes for the controls it uses on your form.
Half of the time, users like yourself don't just create standalone web applications for an intranet
environment. I know many developers that use APEX because they needed an easier way to integrate
forms into their public-facing web site. Think about the “Apply for a job” section of a public web site, for
instance. When visitors click on the link, they shouldn't feel like they're being redirected to an entirely
new portal. The “Apply for a job” form should look and feel no different from any other page on the site.
To achieve that purpose, the developer needs to make the form's color scheme, header, and footer
conform to the rest of the web site.
APEX provides the facilities for you to change every aspect of the user interface in your applications.
You will take a look at the basics of doing so in this chapter.
4-1. Adding an Image Header to Your Form
Problem
You need to add an image in the header area of your form.
Solution
To add an image to the header area of your form, follow these steps:
1.
Click on an existing application in the Application Builder.
Click the Shared Components icon. In the ensuing page, click the
Images
link
under the
Files
section, as shown in Figure 4-1.
2.
