Navigation overview

Navigation is the process of moving from one place in a Guidewire application interface to another. If you click on a link, you “navigate” to the location the link takes you.

A Guidewire application interface provides many elements that you use to navigate within the application. The following diagram identifies the most common navigation elements:

You can define the following types of navigation elements:

Tab bar	A set of tabs that run across the top of the application.
Tabs	Items in the tab bar that navigate to particular locations or show a drop-down menu.
Tab menu items	A set of links shown in the drop-down menu of a tab.
Menu links	Links in the sidebar that take you to other locations, typically within the context of the current tab.
Menu actions	Links under the Actions menu in the sidebar that perform actions that are typically related to what you can do on the current tab.