Working in the Navigation Pane

Purpose

In the navigation pane, you work with object trees to select what to want to display in the content pane. An object tree displays hierarchical objects in a tree view. The web client has three kinds of object tree: the Folder Structure tree shows the organization of the current project/stream and its related objects, the Design Part Structure tree shows the organization of the product design parts, and the Areas tree shows the associated areas.

On the Items tab and requests tab, you can switch between three views.

To navigate an object tree:

Do any of the following:

To expand a node, click the plus sign (+) next to it.
To collapse a node, click the minus sign (-) next to it.
To select an object and display its contents in the content pane, click the icon.
To hide the navigation pane, click the arrow icon on the splitter bar in the right-hand side of the navigation pane:
To show the navigation pane, click the arrow icon on the left-hand side of the window:
To switch trees on the Items tab, click a tab at the top of the navigation pane:
To select the parts tree, click the Parts tab.
To select the Project Folders tree, click the Dirs tab.
To switch views on the Requests tab, click a tab at the top of the navigation pane:
To select requests, click the Requests tab.
To select request lists, click the Lists tab.