Dashboard Editor Behaviors

Dashboard Editor Context Menu

Use the Dashboard Editor context (right-click) menu to quickly access common Dashboard Editor operations.

Search for Widgets

Widget Search Control : Use to search for a Widget by name (ex: Incident or My), description, or type (ex: Gauge).
Hide/Display Folders option : Use to hide folders in the Widget tree, so that all Widgets can be displayed at the root node, regardless of how they are organized/stored in the tree.

Select a Widget

To select a Widget, click a Widget or click-and-drag (rubber-band) over the Widget. This deselects all other Widgets.
A selected Widget is identified by black boxes around the bounding box. The bounding box represents the Widget's vertical and horizontal dimensions.
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Select Multiple Widgets

To select multiple Widgets:
- Hold down the CTRL key while you click each Widget in turn.
- Click-and-drag (rubber-band) over the Widgets you want to select. Any Widget that is included (even partially) in the rubber-band box will be selected.
- Press CTRL+A to select all Widgets.
When multiple Widgets are selected:
- The Controlling Widget is the last selected Widget, and the Widget against which all other selected Widgets are sized and aligned.
- The Controlling Widget is identified by black boxes. All other selected Widgets are identified by white boxes.
- To change the Controlling Widget, hold down the SHIFT key and click a different selected Widget.

Edit Widgets

To delete a Widget, click it, and then press the DELETE key.
To edit the detailed properties of a selected Widget, right-click>Widget Properties.
To undo/redo the previous operation, click the Undo or Redo button. Unlimited per session.
To cut, copy, or paste in a Dashboard or between Dashboards, click the Cut , Copy , or Paste button. CTRL+X, CTRL+C, and CTRL+V also work. Multiple Widgets can be copied and pasted at one time. Select multiple Widgets by rubber-banding or by holding down the SHIFT key while selecting.
To duplicate a Widget, press CTRL+Drag.
To move a Widget, drag the Widget.
To move a Widget 1 pixel (nudge), press an ARROW key.
To move a Widget exactly 10 pixels, press SHIFT+ARROW key.
To precisely align a Widget on a grid, toggle Snap to Grid to ON. You can also set the grid snap width (drop-down). Press SHIFT+DRAG to ignore snapping.
To precisely align a Widget to other items, toggle Snap to Guide to ON. Press SHIFT+DRAG to ignore snapping.
To zoom in/out on a Dashboard, slide the Zoom control . CTRL+SCROLL also works.
To pan across a Dashboard, press SPACE BAR+MOUSE.
To maintain aspect ratio when resizing, hold down SHIFT while sizing.
To wrap text in a Text Widget bounding box, click the Text Wrap button .