P4Web User Guide - Using The Control Panel

P4Web Release 2005.2 User Guide
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Using The Control Panel

The P4Web control panel, visible at the top of every P4Web page, offers shortcut buttons and a pulldown menu. It also shows your Perforce configuration information, and in some cases, recent depot activity. Some of the shortcuts buttons and menu choices are available only if you're using P4Web in Standard mode; they won't be visible in Viewer mode.

Shortcut buttons

Depending on the P4Web page you're on, you'll see a selection of "shortcut buttons." These buttons provide links to many of the operations also available in the drop-down menus. In most browsers you can mouse over the buttons to see brief descriptions of what they do:

Display the Tree view of the depot or workspace
Sync to head revisions
Open for edit
Open for delete
Diff workspace file
Open file in associated editor
Show file text
Show revision history
Submit default changelist
Revert opened files if unchanged
Cancel the last Perforce command
Show/hide recent activity
Show P4Web, Server, and Perforce information

Pulldown menu

There is a pulldown menu at the top of every page that allows you to act on the objects on that page. Depending on your browser, you may be able to simply select the option, or you may have to select the option and click Go.

Configuration settings

The banner at the top of the P4Web control panel shows the P4Web page you're on, and your current Perforce port, user, and client configuration settings. You can change the current client workspace setting by clicking the Settings tab.

This banner also shows your current path in the Path field. This is important in P4Web, because you are often given the option of viewing items that only affect your current path.

While viewing a file, click Go to view the Revision History of that file.
While viewing a folder, click Go to go to the Tree view of that folder.

To navigate to another file or folder, type the appropriate path in the Path field and click Go. If the path is a folder, the path must have a trailing path delimiter. If the path does not have a trailing path delimiter, P4Web will assume that the path is a file.

Recent activity

The control panel can be set to show the five most recent changes to the current file or path. Use either the "Show/Hide recent activity" shortcut button to set this preference. If you are working with a large depot, please see see Reducing P4Web's impact on the Perforce Server.