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 view
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 view
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 area
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or deselect all resources matching given criteria have been replaced by the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

- 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.