Navigation button

The Navigation button widget is used to add a custom navigation button to a dashboard.

Configuring the widget

Field Description
Name The name of the widget, shown at the top of the widget.
Text The text to display on the button.
Link to

The URL the button will link to.

  • Do not link will make the button have no effect.
  • Thing will display an input box to specify the key of the Thing but is optional, Widget can inherit from the dashboard thingKey named parameter passed by widgets like Thing List.
  • Tunnel will display an input box to specify the key of the Thing but is optional, Widget can inherit from the dashboard thingKey named parameter passed by widgets like Thing List. Using the option Tunnel will have the Navigation Button generate the relative URL path /tunnels/jnlp/:thingKey where :thingKey is either from the Configurations Thing field or the ThingKey passed to Dashboard.
  • Dashboard will display another select box to select the dashboard that this button will link to.
  • Arbitrary will allow for the specification of any arbitrary URL.
Background color The background color of the button.
Border color The border color of the button.
Text color The color of the text on the button.
Font size The size of the text on the button.
Button width

The width of the button.

  • Normal will display a button that scales to the size of the text.
  • Fill widget will cause the button to be as wide as the widget.
Show border If the widget should have a border around it. 
Keep params If the parameters passed to the dashboard should be passed on by the button.

Interacting with the widget

  • Clicking on the button will load the URL the button is configured to link to.