Creating a List

To add a list to a page in your application you must:

Create the list by running the Create Lists Wizard.
Add items to the list.
Add the list to a page by creating a List region.

Creating a List from the Shared Components Page

To create a list from the Shared Components page:

On the Database Home Page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
On the Applications home page, click Shared Components.
Under Navigation, select Lists.

The Lists page appears.
To create a new list, click Create.
In the fields provided:
1. Enter a name for the list.
2. Select a list template.
3. If applicable, select a build option for this component. Build options are predefined settings that determine whether or not components within an application are enabled.
Click Create.

Creating a List from a Page Definition

To create a list from a Page Definition:

Navigate to the appropriate Page Definition:
1. Navigate to the Database Home Page.
2. Click the Application Builder icon.
3. Select an application.
4. Select a page.
  
  The Page Definition appears.
Under Shared Components, scroll down to Lists and click the Create icon.
In the fields provided:
1. Enter a name for the list.
2. Select a list template.
3. If applicable, select a build option for this component. Build options are predefined settings that determine whether or not components within an application are enabled.
Click Create.

Once your list is created, you need to add entries to it.

Adding List Entries

You can create hierarchical lists that contain sublists. To create a hierarchical list, you must:

Select a list template that supports hierarchical lists. To determine which list templates support hierarchical lists, look for templates having the naming convention "with Sublist."
Select a Parent List Item when you create each list entry.

To add an entry to a list:

Navigate to the Lists page.
Select a list.
Click Create List Entry.

The Create / Edit List Entry page appears.
Under Label and Sequence:
1. Parent List Item - Identify the parent for this list entry. Use this attribute if you are creating a hierarchical list that will contain a sublist.
2. Sequence - Indicate the order in which list entries appear.
3. Image - Identify the file name for the image used to display this list entry. Control over this attribute is provided by list templates.
4. Image Attributes - Identify the image attributes (such as width="12" height="12") for the list element image.
  
  Use the #LIST_LABEL# substitution string to reference the list label text. This substitution string allows for the title image attribute to be automatically set based on the value of the list label text. For example:
```
title="#LIST_LABEL#"
```
5. List Entry Label (required) - Enter the label text for this link (required).
Specify a target location.

If the target location is a page:
1. From Target Type, select Page in this Application.
2. In Page, specify the target page ID.
  
  To reset pagination for this page, select reset pagination for this page.
3. In Request, specify the request to be used.
4. In Clear Cache, specify the pages (that is, the page IDs) on which to clear cache. Specify multiple pages by listing the page IDs in a comma-delimited list.
  
  You can set session state (that is, give a listed item a value) using the next two attributes:
5. To set session state:
  - In Set these items, enter a comma-delimited list of item names for which you would like to set session state.
  - In With these values, enter a comma-delimited list of values for the items specified in the previous step.
    
    You can specify static values, or substitution syntax (for example, &APP_ITEM_NAME.). Note that item values passed to f?p= in the URL cannot contain a colon. Additionally, item values cannot contain commas unless you enclose the entire value in backslashes (for example, \1234,56\).
If the target location is a URL:
1. From Target type, select URL.
2. In URL Target, enter a URL.
Under Current List Entry Identification:
1. List Entry Current for Pages Type - Specify when this list entry should be current based on the page type.
  
  List items can be current or non-current. Current list items use the current template, non current list items use the non current list item template. The actual condition and templates are defined in subsequent attributes.
2. List Entry Current for Condition - Based on the selection above, define a condition to evaluate. When this condition is true then the list item becomes current.
To make the list entry conditional:
1. Make a selection from the Condition Type list.
2. Enter an expression in the fields provided.
When you are finished defining list attributes, click Create or Create and Create Another.