Figure 7 shows the elements of the header section of a folder page.
Figure 7: Header elements
The header section of a folder page – like the header section of a calendar page, of an address book page, etc. – has the following elements.
The top menu bar
contains the menus for creating and manipulating objects within the folder (or calendar, discussion forum, etc.). Details are given in 3.3 Actions.
The logout button
closes your BSCW session.
The action shortcut bar
consists of frequently used actions like creating objects, e.g., documents, subfolders or discussion forums, initiating a search or getting more information about the current folder.
The first action shortcut
lets you browse your
workspaces; clicking on the icon opens a window representing your complete
workspace hierarchy. This icon is always accessible since it remains on the same
spot of the browser window, even if the window is scrolled. For a quick access
to a certain workspace, browse your workspaces and click on the workspace to
open it in BSCW.
The instant access bar
gives access to personal objects like your home folder, clipboard, trash, address book and calendar. The instant access bar may disappear if the browser window gets too narrow for its display.
specifies the location of the current object in your folder
hierarchy as a path from your home folder to this very object: 
Workspaces of your-user-name
/ active workspaces. The names in the directory path are links to
the respective folder pages.
A search field is
integrated into the navigation bar that lets you directly search your workspaces
(“quick search”). Type your search terms into the search field and hit 
. The results will be presented in a
temporary search folder with the location of the objects found in their
description. In order to return to your previous workspace, hit 
in the instant access bar.
The standard search (“all”) will look for all
objects in the current folder where the search terms appear in the name, the
content, the description or the tags. You may also select a different type of search
from the drop-down menu appearing when you point to the triangle 
preceding the
search field: name, tags or documents. A name search
looks for all objects in the current folder where the search terms appear in the
name, a tag search looks for all objects where the search terms appear in the
tags, and a document search looks for all documents that contain the search
terms.
Further details on searching in BSCW are given in 3.7 Search.
The banner
is empty by default; a banner consisting of text and graphics may be inserted individually for each folder, if so desired (see 3.8.5 Banners).
The multi-selection toolbar
offers buttons for
•selecting 
or de-selecting 
all entries in
the current page;
•enabling 
or disabling 
the display of subfolders, when the
option
is active;
•applying the actions listed to the objects selected (check-marked),
•toggling between details and content view and
•filtering the object entries to be shown.
The context menu
(an action button 
at the lower right-hand corner of
the header section of the folder page) offers all actions that are applicable to
the current folder. The context menu may also be invoked by a right mouse click
anywhere on the title part of the folder listing (pressing the Ctrl key along
with the right mouse click produces the original browser menu, e.g. for “Save
target as…”).
Putting the cursor over the context menu icon displays often-used actions (Change Properties, Cut, Copy) as a horizontal iconized context menu.
