In the first post I gave some background on APEXLang and what you’ll need to get started. Before getting into the actual setup, I think it’s worth taking a step back and looking at how all the pieces connect. Knowing what each component is doing makes the setup steps a...
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APEXLang - Part 1 - Getting Started
APEX 26.1 was released on May 14, 2026. Turns out “soon” was now.
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Include or Exclude Columns in an Interactive Report Export
You might have noticed that for the Classic Reports and the Interactive Grids there’s an option to include or exclude a column in the report’s export.
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Lazy Loading Report
I was recently asked to have a look at an APEX page that took some time to load. That particular page was accessed using the navigation menu. Since the load time was longer than usual, users were often clicking multiple times on it while waiting.
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APEX 5.2 Page Designer Style for APEX 5.1
Have you been playing, trying and testing stuff on the Early Adapter of APEX 5.2?
If you haven’t, it’s still available (as of writing this) for you to try at apexea.oracle.com.
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Datepicker Customization
Back in 2010, the Oracle Application Express release 4.0 included the jQuery JavaScript library as well as the jQuery UI JavaScript library. With it came the new revision of the datepicker item based on the jQuery UI’s widget as we have it today. Most of the widget’s options are available...
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Switch and Radio as Pill Custom Colors
There are two easy ways to have Toggle-like items in your applications.
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Use Font APEX and Font Awesome Simultaneously
APEX 5.0 gave us the ability to include the Font Awesome library in our applications. In APEX 5.1, Font APEX was added the the list of icon library.
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Custom Confirm Dialog Button Labels
Some time ago, someone on the apex.world Slack channel asked a question about the APEX confirm dialog. The question was if it was possible to change the labels of the confirm dialog buttons from “Cancel/Ok” to “No/Yes”.
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Auto Expanding Menu on Hover
Today someone on the apex.world Slack asked a question about having the side navigation menu auto-expand when hovering it. So I thought I would share this with others as well.
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