Improved screen design

This topic describes new features that improve the usability and appearance of WUI views and menus.

Two-column detailed views
The introduction of two-column detailed views increases the amount of data that can be displayed on your screen and reduces the need for screen scrolling. Here is an example of a two-column view:
Figure 1. Part of a two-column detail viewExample of  a detail view showing data in 2 columns.

You can create two-column detailed views using the view editor. See Creating two-column detailed views for guidance.

Expand and collapse filters
Filters on tabular views can take up large amounts of screen space restricting the data that can be displayed. You can now mitigate this by collapsing the filters when you are not altering them. You can expand them again when you want to change them. Figure 2 shows part of a tabular view with the filters expanded.
Figure 2. Expanded filter area of a tabular viewDetail of a Terminal tabular view showing expanded filters. The Collapse filter icon is next to the Context field at the top left of the filter area.
To collapse the filter, click the collapse (minus sign) icon at the top left of the filter area.
Figure 3 shows the same screen with the filters collapsed. The amount of information displayed is the same but the data fields run across the screen.
Figure 3. Collapsed filter areaDetail of a Terminal tabular view showing collapsed filters. The Expand  filter icon is next to the Context field.
To expand the filters, click the expand filter (plus sign) icon.
In order to determine whether filters should be displayed in their expanded or collapsed state by default use this new optional WUI server initialization parameter:

FILTERSTYLE(EXPAND/COLLAPSE)

If you do not specify this parameter, the WUI displays filters in the expanded state by default.

When you navigate away from a view with filters in a non-default state and view some other screen, the filter area in the new view reverts to the default filter setting as specified in the FILTERSTYLE parameter.

If you navigate away from a tabular view and then immediately return, the filter area remains in the state you left it in when the view was last displayed.

Select all and deselect all icons
In order to improve the utilization of space on tabular views, the Select all and Deselect all buttons used in previous releases to select or deselect all resources matching given criteria have been replaced by the following icons:
Select all
Select all
Deselect all
Deselect all
Both icons are located in tabular views in the second row of the column labeled Record (in the same table row as the sort and summary icons).

The functionality of the select all and deselect all options is otherwise unchanged.