This documentation relates to Gadgets and Dashboards 3.0.x
If you are using an earlier version, please view the previous versions of the Gadgets documentation and select the relevant version.

Moving Gadgets Around on your Dashboard

You can drag a gadget and drop it onto a different place on your dashboard.

To move a gadget,

  1. Go to your application's dashboard. In most cases, you will do this by clicking the 'Dashboard' link or the 'Home' link at the top left of the application screen.
  2. Move your mouse pointer over the top frame of the gadget, where the pointer changes to a 'move' icon, such as a hand or a set of arrows
  3. Click the top frame of the gadget and move your mouse to drag the gadget. As you move it across the dashboard, empty frames will open in places where you can choose to place the gadget. The frames contain the words 'Drag your gadget here'. The gadget you are moving will become slightly transparent, so that you can see the dashboard beneath it. See the screenshot below.
  4. Release the mouse button to drop the gadget where you want it.


Screenshot: Moving a gadget



Adding and Removing Columns on your Dashboard

You can change the number of columns in your dashboard. If you reduce the number of columns, the gadgets already on the dashboard will move to fit into the new layout. If you increase the number of columns, the new columns will be empty until you move gadgets into them.

To change the number of columns in your dashboard,

  1. Go to your application's dashboard. In most cases, you will do this by clicking the 'Dashboard' link or the 'Home' link at the top left of the application screen.
  2. Click 'Edit Layout'. You can see this link at top right of the screenshot above.
  3. The 'Edit Layout' popup window appears, as shown in the screenshot below. The popup window displays diagrams of the available dashboard layouts, representing the number of columns in each layout and the relative width of each column. Click one of the diagrams to select the layout you want.
  4. Now you can drag and drop gadgets into the columns as described above.


Screenshot: Choosing a dashboard layout



Resizing Columns on your Dashboard

The dashboard's 'Edit Layout' feature allows you limited control over the width of the columns on your dashboard. To choose a wider left-hand or right-hand column, follow the steps described above for adding and removing columns and choose the layout that you want, based on the diagram in the 'Edit Layout' popup window, as shown in the screenshot above.

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