This page is provides the reference information for dashboard properties.
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Where dashboard elements are bound to data, you can link them, so that the data in one dashboard element drives the data in another; see Linked and Driving Views.
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons and:
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The grid contains a list of menu items. To add a menu item to the list, click
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To remove a menu, use the toolbar button 
Delete Everywhere.
Mappings
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of mappings between attributes that are the same but have different names in different streams (tables) or views. PhixFlow will evaluate all the mapped datasets when it runs an action on the dashboard. Todo - check this is the correct mapping.
Unreachable Actions
Todo - New feature related to actionflows?
Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid displays a list of actions and/or (todo - check) stream item actions (record-actions) that are linked to the dashboardscreen.
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Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
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Right-click on a screen to display the context menu for itits pop-up menu. The options available depend on where you right-click and the options appropriate. Where the context menu has click. If there are many options, some are listed under Dashboard Options (todo -check changing to More...)moved onto the sub-menu
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| Unlock a screen to edit its layout. |
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| Lock a screen to prevent accidental edits and to display the data content. |
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| For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open a window listing the context parameters in alphabetical order. todo- check if going away |
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| For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open the properties for the dashboard element. |
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| When dividing Use these options to divide a screen layout, specify where you want a new to be added, into multiple, resizable panes. Select the option to add a pane relative to the currently selected areapane. A screen can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right-click the pane or any dashboard element on the pane to: - Add Vertical Bar
- Add Horizontal Bar
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| Fix the height of the selected pane. |
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| Fix the width of the selected pane. |
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| When a specific component is selected, delete the component. Other delete options that may be available relate to specific types of component in the selected pane. |
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pane | Delete a pane or dashboard element from the layout.
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form | Delete a form component from the layout. |
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| Create a new form in the current area. |
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| Open the palette to drag in components. |
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| Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically auto sized when an application window is resized by the user. | Note |
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change to Show in layers?? | Open the repository with to see the selected component in the list. This can be useful if you want to move a component. |
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| Open the properties tab for the screen. |
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| Display information about the stream (table) and its (stream items) records. todo - Check this option's name has changed?? |
| Add component mapping | Opens a new Mapping Element properties tab where you can map |
| Select all children | For the selected parent container, select all the child components too. |
| Show Attributes for <table name> | Open the list of attributes for the table. This option is available when a screen is backed by a table. |
| Show Attributes for <view name> | Open the list of attributes for the view. This option is available when a screen is backed by a view. |
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