Find item id inside folder

Hi,
How do I find item id inside one folder in content area is there a view ?

Docster wrote:
Hi All,
I'm a relative newbie to Apex. I'm trying to access a page in my app.
I have 4 main pages.
Widgets - primary page
Widget References - child page
Widget Contacts - child page
Widget Categories - child page
Each page alone works fine. From my Widgets page, I can access the Widget References page fine.
When I try to access the other two child pages, I get this error:
ERR-1002 Unable to find item ID for item " P17_WIDGET_TITLE_H" in application "12345".The error message shows that it's trying to find an item with a leading space: " P17_WIDGET_TITLE_H".
Unexpected error, unable to find item name at application or page level.
Technical Info (only visible for developers)
is_internal_error: true
apex_error_code: WWV_FLOW.FIND_ITEM_ID_ERR
error_backtrace:
----- PL/SQL Call Stack -----
object line object
handle number name
0x35b404e98 717 package body APEX_040100.WWV_FLOW_ERROR
0x35b404e98 1064 package body APEX_040100.WWV_FLOW_ERROR
0x358dd9de0 760 package body APEX_040100.WWV_FLOW
0x358dd9de0 4830 package body APEX_040100.WWV_FLOW
0x358dd9de0 7201 package body APEX_040100.WWV_FLOW
0x358dfd130 249 procedure APEX_040100.F
0x35ae40ce8 33 anonymous block
When I run the query:
select * from apex_application_page_items
where application_id = 12345
and page_id = 17
and item_name = 'P17_WIDGET_TITLE_H'
I get an ID.No leading space: 'P17_WIDGET_TITLE_H'
I have deleted the item and recreated it with every letter of the alphabet and still get the same error.
Oh, and the item is clearly visible on the page.
Do I have a poltergeist?No, it looks like you have a space in your links that shouldn't be there. You don't say how the pages are linked, but however they are, remove excess spaces from them.

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