Anchor a Widget

You can anchor widgets on a dashboard to make your widgets grow or shrink to use available space.

Warning:

Although you can anchor dashboard widgets, Cherwell recommends using Adaptive Layouts to determine how dashboards adapt to changes in screen size. Adaptive Layouts are effective across CSM Browser Client, CSM Desktop Client, and CSM Portal. For more information on Adaptive Layouts, see Adaptive Layouts.

If you use anchoring, dashboard rendering may vary across the CSM Clients.

To select anchoring options, choose the sides of the dashboard to which the widget should be anchored (you can use combinations). Options include:

Left: Widget keeps the same distance to the left edge and moves farther away from the right edge when the dashboard gets bigger.
Top: Widget keeps the same distance to the Top edge and moves farther away from the Bottom edge when the dashboard gets bigger.
Right: Widget keeps the same distance to the right edge and moves farther away from the left edge when the dashboard gets bigger.
Bottom: Widget keeps the same distance to the Bottom edge and moves farther 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 and 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.
For tips on working with widgets on dashboards, see Dashboard Editor Behaviors.

To anchor a widget:

Open a dashboard in the Dashboard Editor
Select a widget.
On the Dashboard Editor toolbar, select the drop-down arrow on the Anchoring button .
Select an anchoring option (you can use combinations).
To save your changes, click Select.

Warning: If you do not click Select, your changes are abandoned.
Continue making changes, or select OK to save and close the editor.