Form headers for UI versions

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Core UI and UI15 each have a different form header that offers different navigation icons.

Learn about form header navigation by selecting the form header topic that corresponds to the UI version your organization uses.

Parent Topic:Forms in the classic environment

Core UI form header

The form header displays the title of the form (table) and provides several controls.

The Core UI form header includes the following controls.

[Omitted image "FormHeaderUI16.png"] Alt text: Form header Core UI

Control Icon Description
Back [Omitted image "FormBackUI15.png"] Alt text: back icon Navigates to the previously viewed page without saving changes.
Form context menu [Omitted image "MenuIconUI14.png"] Alt text: form context menu icon Appears when a user clicks the menu icon beside the form title or right-clicks the form header. This menu is also called a right-click menu.
Attachments [Omitted image "FormAttachmentsUI15.png"] Alt text: attachments icon Allows users to view and add attachments to the record. For more information, see Add and manage attachments.
Show activity stream [Omitted image "FormLiveFeedUI15.png"] Alt text: show activity stream icon Moves focus to the journal entry section of the form. If the journal fields are not on the form, the activity stream opens in a fly-out window.
Personalize form [Omitted image "Personalize_Form_Icon_Helsinki.png"] Alt text: personalize form icon Opens the form personalization menu. For more information, see Personalize a form.
More options[Omitted image "IconUI16MoreOptions.png"] Alt text: More options icon
Email [Omitted image "FormEmailUI15.png"] Alt text: email icon Opens an email window.
Template bar [Omitted image "IconToggleTemplateBar.png"] Alt text: edit tags icon Opens a bar at the bottom of the form and lists available templates.
Annotations [Omitted image "FormToggleAnnotUI15.png"] Alt text: annotations icon Displays on-form annotations. For more information, see Administering form annotations.
Tags [Omitted image "FormEditTagsUI15.png"] Alt text: edit tags icon Displays the option to create custom tags and categorize documents. For more information, see Tags.
Remaining controls
Submit or Update Saves changes and returns to the previously viewed page.
Related actions Provides standard actions in the form header for some tables, such as Close Incident or Resolve Incident in incident.
Delete Deletes the record from the list.
Previous and Next [Omitted image "FormPreviousUI15.png"] Alt text: previous icon [Omitted image "FormNextUI15.png"] Alt text: next icon Opens the previous and next record on the list from which the record was accessed.
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