This article is relevant if you are a NetSuite user and you are perplexed on how to navigate to long menu items.
NetSuite Menu Structure
NetSuite’s menu structure consists of the following:
- Tab (NetSuite Center Tabs): top menu
- Menu (NetSuite Center Categories): menu list when clicking a tab
- Sub Menu (NetSuite Center Links): sub menu list that expands right from clicking a menu
The Sub Menu structure can be very long and may end up falling below the web page fold requiring a scroll to bring the lower menu into visibility.
How to Navigate to Long NetSuite Sub Menu Lists
If you use the NetSuite Classic Center, available to most everyone via Home–>Set Preferences –> Appearance–>Centers & Dashboards–>Use Classic Interface checkbox, the one Sub Menu structure that is usually is always long, especially if you are in the Administrator Role, is the Setup–>Customization menu. If you try to get to the lower menu item on that lists, you may find that you are stuck.
There are two approaches you can use to get to those pesky lower menu choices:
- Use your down arrow key to move the menu. This only works if there is no element on the page that acts on the down arrow key. For example, often on transaction forms, the first field element is the Custom Form dropdown. If you hit the arrow key down, it will act on this dropdown, not the long menu item. Keep in mind what page you are on when you need to get to a long sub menu. It may require you to use the next approach.
- If the previous item does not work, use your browser Zoom feature: Zoom out to be able to make the page elements smaller allowing for more elements to fit the page. Each browser has a different technique to zoom in and zoom out.
Ideally, NetSuite’s menu structure would be designed better to minimize long menus and prevent the problem all together. However, with this tip, you should be able to get control of the situation.
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Marty Zigman
Holding all three official certifications, Marty is regarded as the top NetSuite expert and leads a team of senior professionals at Prolecto Resources, Inc. He is a former Deloitte & Touche CPA and has held CTO roles. For over 30 years, Marty has produced leadership in ERP, CRM and eCommerce business systems. Contact Marty to set up a conversation.
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Hi Marty Zigman I am working in netsuite, Is there any way to get the information of all menu items available in netsuite, and post it in database. I googled about it but did not get any suggestion. If you have any idea about it please share with me.
Hi Alok,
I don’t know of a way. But I would not be surprised if you could take part one of client side javascript libraries that are provided when you login which draws the menu system. I suspect there is data there for you to work with.
Marty