Browse and Select Objects with the Navigation Bar

You can use the Navigation bar’s breadcrumb trail to move around the system tree and select objects. This allows you to make selections even with System Manager layouts that do not include the Selection pane. For background information, see Navigation Bar.

  1. If the Navigation bar is not already visible, click Open navigation bar in the System Manager window header.
  • The Navigation bar displays along the top of the System Manager window, directly underneath the title bar. The breadcrumb trail shows the full path of your current selection in the system tree. Whenever the current primary selection is changed, the breadcrumb trail refreshes to reflect the new position in the system path.
  1. To begin browsing the tree, click an arrow icon alongside a path element.
  • A drop-down list displays of all the items directly beneath it in the system tree. (For example, clicking the arrow icon to the right of Applications displays a drop-down list that includes Documents, Graphics, Recipients Editor tab in Notification application and so on.)
  1. Click an item in the drop-down list (for example, Documents) to make it the new selection.
  • System Browser, the Primary pane, and the Contextual pane all update to reflect the new selection.
    NOTE: The selection made here propagates to the other panes even if you selected Manual navigation in System Browser.
  1. Continue moving around the tree in this way until you reach the object you are interested in.
    NOTE: From the breadcrumb trail, you can only make single selections that go to the Primary and Contextual panes. To send a selection to the Secondary pane, or to make multiple selections, you must use System Browser.