Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
13.
Add another tab, and label it "
Administration
".
14.
When you are prompted to provide the page associated with this tab, choose
the Central Administration ("
Administration
") page.
15.
Complete the rest of the wizard using the default settings.
16.
Now run your application again. You will see two tabs at the top of your
application, as shown in Figure 10-38. One will bring you to the catalog front
end page and the other will bring you to the Central Administration page.
Figure 10-38.
The final book catalog site with tabs
How It Works
APEX takes away most of the work of visual representation of a tab from the developer. Once you
associate a tab with a particular page, APEX will automatically highlight the tab for you (when you are on
the page) and unhighlight the other tabs.
Tabs, like navigation lists, are also reusable throughout the application and provide the same
benefit of easier maintenance: when a new tab needs to be added, just add it to an existing tabset, and
voila! The new tab will instantly appear on every page in your application.
