The sap.ui.comp.navpopover.SmartLink control provides a popover with navigation links to related applications, for example, more detailed information about customer data.
For more information about this control, see the API Reference in the Demo Kit and the sample in the Explored app in the Demo Kit.
For more information about annotations for this control, see the API Reference in the Demo Kit.
The SmartLink control provides further navigation information for a certain entity and offers the following options for navigation:
Main navigation target
Additional content, which can be customized
Links to related apps, for example
Within a SmartTable or SmartForm control, the SmartLink control is created automatically if the SemanticObject annotation has been defined in the metadata of the OData service used. Navigation targets are determined by the SmartLink control and its classes using the CrossApplicationNavigation service of the unified shell. For more information about this service, see CrossApplicationNavigation in the Demo Kit.
Add, edit, or remove
Texts
Parameters
Navigation targets
The SmartLink control can be created in an XML view or in the coding. However, it is recommended to use the SemanticObject definition of the OData metadata via the related annotation. This ensures that the SmartLink control is instantiated in a correct manner.
Semantic Object Controller
Within a SmartTable or SmartForm control, the SemanticObjectController class is used as a central instance that is exposing the automatically generated events of the SmartLink control.
All events of the SmartLink control and the features of the navigation popover connected to it are registered with the SemanticObjectController class and are thus available for use by the consuming application from one single source.
In addition, the SemanticObjectController class enables further features that influence the behavior of the registered SmartLink controls within the SmartTable or SmartForm controls.
The SemanticObjectController class can be set up in the XML view as well as in the coding of the SmartTable and the SmartForm controls. All SmartLink controls in a SmartTable or SmartForm control will automatically get registered with the SemanticObjectController class provided.