Task Buttons and Menus
Tasks are presented in the Commerce Server Business Desk user interface as buttons. Typically, a task button displays an icon, retrieved from the image file specified as the value of the icon attribute of the task element. If the icon attribute is missing, the data value associated with the name element (child of task element) is used to label the button. The data value associated with the tooltip element (child of the task element) is used as mouse-over text.
For more information about the attributes and sub-elements of the task element, see the task element topic in the "Business Desk XML Structures" reference.
There are two types of task buttons used within Business Desk: standard task buttons and task menu buttons. Standard task buttons are buttons that perform some action when clicked. The action might be, for example, to go to a new action page, to display a deletion confirmation dialog box, or to save modified data.
In contrast, task menu buttons display a drop-down menu when clicked, presenting a number of distinct sub-tasks as possible choices. The user must click one of those choices before any action is taken.
A large number of icons have been pre-defined for a variety of generalized tasks, including some task menu icons. Wherever possible, developers of new Business Desk modules are encouraged to make use of these existing icons. For more information about icons, see Icons.