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.