Fire 8 Dashboard Setup

[Charles_Kyle]

I am probably unable to properly articulate this, thus why I can’t properly search for an answer

I have a Fire 8 Tablet running Full Kiosk. I also have Sharptools web on my iMac. I get the dashboard setup on the iMac but when I log onto sharptools.io on the Fire Tablet it looks completely different.

I have tried to use the Fully Kiosk Browser as the place to edit the dashboard but cannot seem to make that work. However, when I edit it on the iMac and then look at it on the Fire Tablet everything has changed (locations). Yes, I do realize that this is due to the size of the iMac screen compared to the size of the Fire Tablet. is there a way to make the iMac (or a PC) to emulate the Fire Screen for setting up?

Thanks

Chuck

[josh]

The most common approach is to either adjust the width of your browser to roughly match the width of the Fire Tablet or to use the Mobile Device Emulator in the Google Chrome browser.

The following post has more details:

@josh

The tiles on SharpTools dashboards will automatically reflow based on the screen width. If you’re looking to have tiles line up a certain way on a certain device, we recommend designing the dashboard for your target device size.

The most common approaches for designing for a specific tablet size are to either:

1. Keep the physical tablet nearby as you’re designing - each time you save your dashboard changes, they’ll instantly be pushed to the tablet
2. Simulate the tablet’s browser size by either manually adjusting your browser window or using the Chrome Developer Tools

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Use the Device Toolbar in Chrome Developer Tools to simulate a device size

1. In Chrome on a laptop/desktop, press F12 to open Chrome Developer Tools
2. Select the icon in the toolbar to enable the device toolbar
3. Select a relevant device from the device toolbar to simulate that device’s screen

[Charles_Kyle]

See, like I said, I didn’t know how to ask the question

Thanks