The Ribbon

2. The Ribbon

The topmost part of the Content Editor is called the Ribbon. It provides access to Sitecore editing functionality. The Ribbon is comprised of Tabs.

The Ribbon in the screenshot below contains tabs that provide the various content maintenance related commands:

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However, in some cases the Content Editor may display additional tabs or custom tabs. In Sitecore, any Administrator user can customize the tabs and commands available for an item.

The Ribbon displays Contextual tabs when the user selects an item or field that has specific commands available. For example, when the Images folder in the Media Library is selected, the contextual Media tab appears (see the screenshot below).

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In general, tabs provide groups of operation specific commands. A group of commands are called a Chunk, while a set of chunks is called a Strip.

The screenshot below illustrates the terminology introduced so far:

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Note: Disabled commands are grayed out. The screenshot below shows the unfolded Navigate Chunk with the Back, Forward and sub-items commands disabled.

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Note: The tabs available for the user will depend on the user’s assigned roles and the security settings for the current installation. Here we will describe options available to fully privileged users, also known as Administrators. If some of the functionality described here is missing in a specific session, the current user may not have the necessary permissions.

2.1. The Home Tab

Commands provided by the Home tab allow you to manipulate the current item as a whole, such as copying the item, changing its position in the content tree, or creating sub-items

2.2. The Navigate Tab

Commands provided by the tab change which item is selected

2.3. The Review Tab

Commands provided by the tab allow you to validate the item, perform workflow operations, or schedule future activities

2.4. The Publish Tab

Commands provided by the Publish tab allow the user to preview and publish items, as well as specify publishing restrictions for the selected item

2.5. The Presentation Tab

The Presentation tab provides commands which allow the user to associate the item with presentation objects and aliases

2.6. The Configure Tab

The Configure tab contains commands which allow the user to influence various aspects of the item’s configuration

2.7. The Security Tab

Commands provided by the Security tab allow you to assign access rights and restrictions

2.8. The Versions Tab

Commands provided by the Versions tab allow you to work with numbered and language versions of the item

2.9. The View Tab

The View tab contains commands which allow the user to influence the appearance of the Content Editor

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