Navigation Button

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

Field

Description

Name

The name of the widget, shown at the top of the widget.

Text (mandatory)

The text to display on the button.

Link to

The URL the button will link to.

  • Do not link disables the button.

  • Link to thing displays a text box to specify the key of the thing to link the button to.

  • Dashboard displays a menu to select the dashboard to link the button to.

  • Arbitrary displays a text box to specify a 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.

Clicking the button loads the URL the button is configured to link to.