Managing Dashboard Tab Stops
Use the Dashboard Editor to establish a tab order, or tab stops for Widgets and images. Tab order is the order in which the cursor moves to the next Widget or image when the tab key is pressed. Tab stops are unique to each Adaptive Layout. Manage tab stops by turning them on or off, adding, removing, editing the order, or clearing the tab stops.
View Dashboard Tab Stops
To view Dashboard tab stops:
- Open the Dashboard Editor.
- Select the
Show or Hide Tab Index Display icon
from the toolbar. Numbers display in the upper right corner of each Widget to reflect the current order that the cursor moves through the Widgets.
- Click OK.
Add a Tab Stop to a Widget
To add a tab stop to a Widget:
- Open the Dashboard Editor.
- From the toolbar, select the
Show or Hide Tab Index Display icon
.
- Right-click a Widget.
- Select
Tab Stop to enable the tab stop for the
selected Widget. The Widget is now part of the tab order sequence. Tab stops
can also be turned on by selecting
from the toolbar. A number displays in the upper right corner of the Widget to reflect the current order that the cursor moves through the Widgets. When adding a tab stop to a Widget, the tab index number defaults to the highest existing number + 5 at multiples of 5 (example: 0, 5, 10 or 3, 10, 15). The first tab stop added will default to 5.
- Change the number in the
Tab Index Order box
from the toolbar to change the default order of a tab stop on a Widget.
- Click OK.
Remove a Tab Stop from a Widget
To remove a Widget from the tab stop sequence:
- Open the Dashboard Editor.
- Select the
Show or Hide Tab Index Display icon
from the toolbar.
- Right-click a Widget.
- Click
Tab Stop to disable the tab stop for the
Widget and remove it from the tab order sequence. Tab stops can also be turned
off by selecting
from the toolbar.
- Click OK.
To clear/reset all tab stops on the Dashboard, select the
Clear All Tab Index Values icon
from the toolbar.
Focus on Dashboard
To set focus on the current Dashboard view:
- From the CSM Desktop Client menu bar, click
Dashboards>Focus on Dashboard.
Focus on Dashboard can also be set by right-clicking within the Dashboard and clicking Focus on Dashboard. This sets the focus on the current Dashboard view. When the tab key is pressed, the focus is on the Widget in the Dashboard that has the tab stop enabled and has the next highest tab index value. Press SHIFT+TAB to set focus in the opposite direction.