Shortcuts provide easy access to the IFS Application pages, web pages, tools and files that you want to work with on a frequent basis. A number of icons area available to choose from to make it easy to identify the shortcut. By clicking on the Shortcut you open the page it's connected to.
As a user you define your own shortcuts, these are personal and stored in your user profile. Shortcuts may also be defined by the System Administrator and pushed out to the users via the base profile.
Figure 1: Shortcuts Pane
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Simply click on a shortcut to open the page/tool/file it's connected to. Note that you can open the page in a new windows either by selecting Open in New Window via the context menu or pressing the Shift key when clicking on the shortcut.
In the context menu there are number of options available, see below.
Note: In order to optimize the space in the shortcut panel you might want to display fewer shortcuts than what you actually have created. In that case note the >> in the upper right hand corner of the last shortcut, click it and a list of the shortcuts that area not currently displayed will be shown. See example below:
Figure 2: Show more Shortcuts
Add Shortcut
You can simply drag & drop a navigator node from the navigator to the shortcut panel. Another options is to select Add from the context menu, right mouse click on the first empty shortcut box to open the dialog below.
Figure 3. New Shortcut dialog
Here you have three different options, create a shortcut from current page, add from navigator or type an address.
Add from Navigator:
If you choose Add from Navigator the dialog below is displayed:
Figure 4: Add short cut from navigator dialog
Simply pick a navigator node and click OK button.
Current Page:
Select this option to add a shortcut to the page you currently have open and click OK button. Use the Properties dialog to make changes, e.g. change icon or color.
Type Address:
If you choose Type Address the dialog below is displayed:
Figure 5: Type Address dialog
Enter the Title of the shortcut, this will be displayed in the shortcut panel.
Enter the Address for the shortcut. This can be a web page or a tool/file on your network. As an example, to create a shortcut for CNN enter "www.cnn.com" as address. Click the ... button to open your file browser to select a tool/file on your computer/network.
The default shortcut icon is suggested but you can change icon via the Change Icon button. There are a number of predefined icons to choose from, pick one of the icons and click OK button.
In the drop-down list by the Change Icon button you choose which color to use for the shortcut. Click the drop-down arrow and a list of colors is displayed, pick a color and click OK button.
