User`s guide

10 VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3
Other Desktop Choices
Tip: You can save your desktop changes at any time:
Open the View menu, select Desktop Settings, &
Save. Note
: You will also be asked if you want to save
your changes whenever you logout or exit from the
software.
Selecting Desktop Items to be
Displayed
The [Tree], [MyTools] and [Events] buttons
on the toolbar allow viewing or hiding d ifferent
aspects of the desktop (try it!).
You can customize the look and content of the MyTools
bar to your own preferences . For details, refer to
"Customizing the MyTools Bar".
Setting Accounts to Appear in the Tree
(Multi-Account Systems)
Account folders appear in th e 'tree' (left side of
your screen), w hile account s are listed in the
centre portion of the screen, and can optionally
be set to appear in the tree as well.
Show Accounts in Tree:
To set accou nts to appear in the 'tree', click
[Account Folders] in the 'tree'. Then, right-
click within th e tree, and e nsure that Show
Accounts in Tree is selected.
Tip: This selection is also available in the View
menu when you are 'in' the Account Folders portion
of the tree.
Once you access an account (double-click the account
name), the tree will change to show the topics
associated with that specific account (admin.,
configuration, and status/control topics).
Listing Items Panel-by-Panel vs. in a
Single List and Showing or Hiding
Panel References in Forms
For some tasks, you hav e two choices a s to
how items will be displaye d (in a single list,
versus panel-by-panel), and/or w hether or not
panel (and panel group) references will appear
in the form / grid portion of the desktop.
Logical Tree View?
No Yes ( 9 )
Show Panel/Panel Group Information:
Listing Configuration and Control &
Status Topics in the Tree "Panel-by-
Panel":
1) Click your account/site button in the tree.
Multi-Account Systems: First select [Account
Folders] in the 'tree', and double-click an account.
2) Right-click a topic in the tree (or open the
View menu), and check to ensure that
Logical Tree View is not selected.