Align a Widget

Use the Dashboard Editor to align Widgets on a Dashboard. Widgets can be aligned:

  • To the Dashboard grid.
  • To each other.

Good to know:

  • Use Snap to Grid and Snap to Guide to precisely align Widgets. Press SHIFT+DRAG to ignore grid and guide snapping.
  • See Dashboard Editor Behaviors for tips on working with Widgets on Dashboards.

To align a Widget on a Dashboard:

  1. Open a Dashboard in the Dashboard Editor.
  2. Click a Widget.
  3. Click the Snap to Grid button Snap To Grid Button to enable grid snapping, and then drag the Widget around the grid to precisely align it to the grid points.

To align a Widget to other Widgets:

  1. Open a Dashboard in the Dashboard Editor
  2. Select at least two Widgets (the last selected Widget is the controlling Widget and is identified by black boxes).
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To align several Widgets against a horizontal axis (either Left, Middle, or Right), click one of the Line Up Horizontally buttons Horizontal Alignment Buttons on the Dashboard Editor toolbar.
    • To align several Widgets against a vertical axis (either Top, Middle, or Bottom), click one of the Line Up Vertically buttons Vertical Alignment Buttons on the Dashboard Editor toolbar.
    • To enable guide snapping, click the Snap to Guide button Snap To Guide Button on the Dashboard Editor toolbar, and then drag the Widget near other items to precisely align it.
    • To explicitly position a Widget to a specified location, right-click>Position (or press CTRL+SHIFT+P) to open the Control Position and Size window, then specify the Left and Top location and click OK.

  4. Continue making changes, or select OK to save and close the editor.