JBrowser lets you use the full range of actions offered in BSCW's Web-based interface.

Triggering actions

Objects in BSCW have a context menu:

• right-click the entry of an object in the tree view or the list view to display its context menu;
• the context menu lists all actions that you may presently perform on the object;
• choose the desired action in the context menu of the object.

For the currently selected object the File menu and the Edit menu offer the actions that you need for your everyday work with BSCW.

The icon bar lets you trigger the most important actions on the selected object immediately.

Responses of BSCW in the Web-based user interface

Actions like 'Catch up', 'Copy', 'Cut' etc. that you trigger in JBrowser are executed immediately. Many actions that need additional information to be carried out (e. g. adding a document or creating a note inside a discussion) bring up the same browser form as if the action had been triggered in the Web-based interface.

Note:

JBrowser replaces only a part of the BSCW user interface. Keep BSCW's Web browser window open and visible, so you can immediately see when BSCW prompts you for necessary information by bringing up a form and can react without delay.

Actions that you trigger in the Web-based interface typically generate an updated folder page or display the page again where you triggered the action.
There is a different response if you trigger the action in JBrowser: here BSCW always displays the info page of the object affected, e.g. the info page of the folder that a document has just been added to.

Responses of JBrowser

The results of actions triggered in JBrowser that bring up a Web browser form to carry out the modification are not automatically shown in JBrowser. You need to trigger JBrowser to request updated information from the BSCW server: select the reload action from the view menu or simply click the reload button to make JBrowser reload and display the updated information.