Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook

Step 4: Understand Portlet View Modes

A portlet has various view modes. These view modes define the user’s interaction with the portlet and how the portlet behaves under certain conditions. The following information defines the various portlet view modes:

Shared Screen mode A portlet uses Shared Screen mode to appear on a page with other portlets. This is the mode most people think about when they envision a portlet. Portlets are rendered inside HTML table cells when in Shared Screen mode. This means a portlet can display any content that can be rendered within a table cell, including, among other technologies, HTML, plug-ins, and Java applets. ...