Gadgets and Dashboards 2.0 : Changing the Layout of your Dashboard
This page last changed on Jun 15, 2009 by smaddox.
This page tells you how to move a gadget to different position on an Atlassian application's dashboard. These instructions assume that you are using an application that supports the new Atlassian Gadgets framework. On this page: Moving Gadgets Around on your DashboardYou can drag a gadget and drop it onto a different place on your dashboard. To move a gadget,
Adding and Removing Columns on your DashboardYou 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,
Resizing Columns on your DashboardThe 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. Notes about Different DashboardsDiffering Look and FunctionalityThe screenshots on this page show the basic Atlassian dashboard layout. The layout will be similar in all applications that support the new Atlassian Gadgets framework. However, there may be slight differences in the look and feel for a particular application and some applications may have additional functionality. For example, JIRA will allow you to create multiple dashboards on separate tabs. The extra functionality is described in the documentation for the application concerned. Permission to Update a DashboardYour ability to update a dashboard depends on the application hosting the dashboard. Most applications will require you to log in before you can update the dashboard. Your ability to update the dashboard may then depend on the permissions assigned to your username. Who Will See the Changes You have Made to the Dashboard?This depends on the application hosting the dashboard:
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