Anchor a Widget
Anchoring allows you to make your Dashboard Widgets grow or shrink to use available space. When you select anchoring options, you select which sides of the Dashboard the Widget should be anchored to (you can use combinations). Options include:
- Left: Widget keeps the same distance to the Left edge and moves further away from the Right edge when the Dashboard gets bigger.
- Top: Widget keeps the same distance to the Top edge and moves further away from the Bottom edge when the Dashboard gets bigger.
- Right: Widget keeps the same distance to the Right edge and moves further away from the Left edge when the Dashboard gets bigger.
- Bottom: Widget keeps the same distance to the Bottom edge and moves further away from the Top edge when the Dashboard gets bigger.
- Left AND Right: Distance between both horizontal edges remains the same, and the Widget stretches to fill the horizontal space when the Dashboard gets bigger.
- Top AND Bottom: Distance between both vertical edges remains the same, and the Widget stretches to fill the vertical space when the Dashboard gets bigger.
- All (Left, Right, Top, and Bottom): Distance between all edges remains the same and the Widget proportionally stretches to fill both the horizontal and vertical space when the Dashboard gets bigger.
Good to know:
- Top Left is the default.
- If the Widget is not anchored to any edge, it floats between the two edges.
- Anchoring options are available on the Dashboard Editor toolbar and from the context (right-click) menu.
- See Dashboard Editor Behaviors for tips on working with Widgets on Dashboards.
To anchor a Widget:
- Open a Dashboard in the Dashboard Editor
- Click a Widget.
- On the Dashboard Editor toolbar, click the
drop-down arrow on the Anchoring button
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- Select an anchoring option (you can use combinations; Top Left is the default):
- Click the Select button to save your changes. If you do not click Select, your changes are abandoned.
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Continue making changes, or click OK to save and close the editor.