Exercise - Setting Up the Dashboard Panel

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General options

• Click on the 'General options' tab 30px

Make the following changes:

• Move the 'Level of detail' slider fully to the right (to '10').
• Select the box next to'Shadow mode:'.

• Select 'Table top' from the drop down menu box.

• Choose a 'Background' style of 'Solid color' and set the background color to dark green, (Red=0, Green=128, Blue=0) on the 'Custom' tab.)

Grid and snap options

• Click on the 'Grid and Snap options' tab 30px

Make the following changes:

• Set it to snap to the 'Table top', by clicking on the check-box next to the 'Table top' label.
• Leave the 'Show' gridlines box unchecked.

Whats Next?

Now that you know how to set up and operate both the System Panel and the Dashboard Panel you can move onto the next section of Flowcode Help (What Is a Flowcode Flowchart?).

If you want to continue the exercises further and use the Dashboard Panel to handle components and use it in conjunction with the System Panel to control other components and control components on each panel separately then see the exercise Adding Objects to the Dashboard Panel and follow complete the tasks set in the series of exercises.