Content Manager Explorer Ribbon

The Content Manager Explorer displays buttons and controls in a Ribbon. The Ribbon is a tabbed toolbar that contains ribbon contains controls for all the operations you can perform.

More frequently used operations have bigger buttons. The main screen has a Ribbon, and individual dialogs can also have a Ribbon.

The Ribbon may not display all available controls, or may disable certain controls. What the Ribbon looks like for you exactly depends on the following:

  • Your security settings
  • The currently selected item
  • The currently displayed item

Note also that the same control may appear in multiple tabs of the Ribbon.

When you create a new item or edit an item, the window in which you work also displays a Ribbon, with its own tabs and controls. Here is an example of a Ribbon specific to a dialog:

To save screen space, you can collapse the ribbon to a simple, icons-only toolbar by clicking the collapse/expand button on the left hand side:

Click the collapse/expand button again to return the toolbar to its Ribbon appearance.