Title Bar

The title bar area tells users what information is displayed in the table. The table title bar is located at the top of the table and may contain: a table title, an object count, the Current View pulldown list, and several action icons - Help etc.

Menu Bar

Tables with many actions will display a menu bar. Each menu title provides a pulldown list of actions.

Shortcut Tool Bar

The shortcut tool bar displays a subset of actions from the menu bar. These are actions that are frequently used. The shortcut tool bar may be used without the menu bar when a table contains few actions.

Column Header/Sorting

Sorting allows the user to control the presentation of table data.

Selection

The checkbox column allows users to select and deselect objects within the table that they wish to perform an action upon. A user can also select the rows across the multiple pages and perform the desired actions on the same.

Status Glyph Columns

The status glyph column(s) convey status and messaging information about individual objects in the table.

Object Icon Column

The object icon column displays the appropriate icon for that object.

Action Column(s)

The action columns in the content area of a table contain the row-level actions for specific objects in a table.

Data Rows

The data rows of a table contain attributes for a given object in the table. This section covers table scroll bars.

Footer

The table footer is located at the bottom of the table. It provides visual closure to the table and contains the paging and View All functionality, if used.