Usage of Shortcut | Oracle APEX | Ontoor Concepts #7
Use a shortcut to define frequently used code once and then reference it in many places thus reducing code redundancy. For example, you can create a shortcut to define a page control such as a button, HTML text, a PL/SQL procedure, or HTML.
You can use a shortcut within the following locations:
The Region Source attribute of regions defined as HTML Text (with shortcuts).
Region Header and Footer Text attribute.
Item Label attributes, Pre Element Text, Post Element Text, and Default Value attribute.
Region Templates attributes.
We have several source type available to populate the shortcut variables. * PL/SQl Function body
HTML Text
HTML Text with Escaped Special Chars
Images
Text with JavaScript Escaped Special Chars
Message
Message with JavaScript Escaped Single Quotes