Working with Shortcuts

This topic describes how to work with shortcuts in the StarTeam Web Client.

Managing Recent Views

The Recent Views panel of the Navigation pane contains links to the last ten views you opened. Currently open views appear in boldface type with the active view at the top of the list.

Right-click the recent view you want to close, delete, or rename and choose one of the following options:

  • Choose Close to close the selected view. The recent view must be open in order for this option to be available.
  • Choose Delete to delete the recent view from the list.
  • Choose Rename to make the name become editable. Type the new name and press Enter, Esc, or click away from the recent view. The recent view becomes a link again.

To open a recent view:

  1. Click the recent view you want to open. If you are not logged on to the StarTeam Server, the Log On dialog box opens.
  2. If prompted, type your StarTeam user name in the User name field and the associated password in the Password field.
  3. Click OK. The Browse page and your view session open.

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Managing Favorites

The Favorites panel of the Navigation pane contains links to the last 20 favorites you created. A Favorites shortcut can be used to navigate to a set of item records in the Item Table or to open a specific item or item revision.

To create a favorite, browse to the item or set of item records you want to add as a favorite and click Create Favorite on the Favorites panel title bar. The new favorite will be added to the list.

To delete or rename a favorite, right-click it and choose one of the following options:

  • Choose Delete to delete the favorite from the list.
  • Choose Rename to make the name become editable. Type the new name and press Enter, Esc, or click away from the favorite. The favorite becomes a link again.

To open a favorite:

  1. Click the favorite you want to open. If you are not logged on to the StarTeam Server, the Log On dialog box opens.
  2. If prompted, type your StarTeam user name in the User name field and the associated password in the Password field.
  3. Click OK. The favorite opens.

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Working with Web Client URLs

A Web Client URL can be used to navigate to a set of item records in the Item Table or to open a specific item or item revision.

  1. Browse to the desired web client location and click Generate URL on the Favorites panel title bar. The Resource URL dialog box opens with the URL highlighted.
  2. Press CTRL + C and click OK. The URL is copied to the Windows clipboard. You can paste it as a link in an email or document and distribute it to other users of the same Web Server.
  3. To open a Web Client URL, paste the copied URL into the browser address field and press Enter or click the URL link in an email or document. If you are not logged on to the StarTeam Server, the Log On dialog box opens.
  4. Type your StarTeam user name in the User name field and the associated password in the Password field.
  5. Click OK. The URL opens.

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