Views and dashboard reference


This section describes the view pane tools and configurable settings, and includes:

View pane context menu

When in edit mode, right-click an empty part of the view pane to open the view pane context menu.

Option

Description

Properties

Select All

Select all the items on the view or dashboard.

Paste

Paste the contents of the clipboard onto the view or dashboard. You can paste a display item multiple times from a clipboard.

Pasted items do not keep their attribute associations.

Paste Here

Paste the contents of the clipboard onto the view pane at the cursor location.

Snap to Grid

Snaps the selected component to the nearest grid coordinates when moved or dropped. The rubber band displayed when moving or resizing items snaps to the grid.

Display Grid

Display the grid.

Grid Size

Select grid resolution.

Load Group

Load a group of display items from the media server group repository. The group is pasted to the top left corner of the view pane.

Load Collection

Opens the Load View Control Collection dialog box, from which you can select an existing Collection. This is only displayed for physical views.

View pane properties

The properties of a view pane apply to a specific view or dashboard. View pane properties can be set differently for different views and dashboards. For example, you can define different background colors for different views.

Display items properties tabs describes the tabs and options on the view pane properties dialog box.

View pane toolbar

The view pane toolbar contains a button icon for each display item type. Use the view pane toolbar to insert and move display items in a view or dashboard. See Display item types for a description of each display item type.

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