Move portlets to another category
You can drag a copy of a portlet from one category to another category to customize the Portlet Palette. A portlet is not removed from the original category when you move this portlet to another category. When you drag a portlet to another category, you can only move this portlet to one category at a time.
You can also add a copy of a portlet to multiple categories at one time by accessing the drop-down menu by the portlet name in the category. When working with the Portlet Palette, keep the following tips in mind:
- You should be logged in to the portal site using an ID with sufficient access rights to modify a page. Access control for customizing and working with the Portlet Palette is based on portlet roles, portlet modes, and page permissions. The portlets available to you are also filtered by any restricted portlet lists that exist for a page.
- The drag-and-drop feature is present for default portal themes in rows and containers that are not locked.
- Entries in the Portlet Palette could become obsolete. For example, when an administrator deletes a portlet from the portal while a user is creating or editing pages, the user may not be aware of these updates. A user must log out and log back in to the portal to view the changes made by the administrator. If a user attempts to drag a portlet from the Portlet Palette when the portlet no longer exists, a message is recorded to the portal logs.
Although this is a rare situation, administrators should not remove and add portlets during normal business hours.
- The Portlet Palette does not support the use of double quotes in category names.
Perform the following steps to move a portlet to another category:
- Click the expand arrow icon to open the Portlet Palette.
- Click on a portlet in a category and continue to hold the mouse key down. To select multiple portlets, hold the Ctrl key down while clicking on the appropriate portlets.
- Drag the portlet to the appropriate category in your Portlet Palette. A horizontal line appears as you drag the portlet over areas in a category that you can move the portlet. When you move a portlet to a category, the portlet is placed in alphabetical order among the portlets already contained in this category.
- Drop the portlet by releasing the mouse key to move your portlet to another category.
- Click the collapse arrow icon to close the Portlet Palette.
Parent topic:
Manage portlets on a page