Toggle dashboard tile

Can we have a “Toggle” dashboard tile?

The “Navigate Back”, “Navigate Forward” and selecting specific dashboards does not always work for me, and also it would be better to jsut have one tile to toggle the dashboards. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing the request. What doesn’t work about the back and forward tiles? In theory if you navigate to a specific dashboard and then use the ‘back’ navigation tile, it takes you to the previous dashboard.

I’m trying to better understand what problem the request is trying to solve that an existing tile type doesn’t cover.

Maybe there’s some specific use case that a toggle tile is intended to cover that the existing dashboard navigation tiles don’t cover? I’m struggling to understand what that is based on the initial description. :thinking:

I would prefer a toggle tile because then I only need one tile instead of two tiles to do the job. Or are you saying that for example the forward tile is supposed to cycle forward endlessly? It doesn’t do that for me.

The forward and back dashboard navigation tiles will navigate you forward and backward in your browser history. Much like the back-and-forward buttons on your browser do.

So if you have navigated from dashboards:
A → B → C

Then while you are on C:

  • If you press forward, nothing will happen as there’s nothing in your browser history.
  • If you press back, it will take you back to B.

Then while you are on B (after having just navigated back from C):

  • If you press forward, it will take you forward in your history to C
  • If you press back, it will take you back in your history to A

I don’t really understand the concept of a Toggle Dashboard Navigation tile though. How does it know where you want to go?

If the goal is to toggle back and forth between two specific dashboards, then I don’t understand why you wouldn’t just use a dashboard tile to the exact other dashboard you want on each dashboard.

For example, if you always wanted to toggle between dashboard A and dashboard B:

  • Dashboard A would have a tile to B
  • Dashboard B would have a tile to A

Maybe some more context makes it easier to understand. I have a android tablet where I display the Sharptools dashboards, there are currently 3 in total, but could be more. I’m running the Fully Kiosk Browser. I assume that the back and forth does not work because there isn’t any browser history, it fully loads each url to the dashboard every time I change dashboard. The dashboard is full of tiles and there is a limit how many you can how on a tablet before it becomes too small to read and navigate/press. I do not want more than one title because again there is a limit how many tiles you can fit. When you have the entire home wrapped up in smart stuff it is difficult to fit - even if you only add the most important controls and group devices and such.

I suspect that “toggle” means something different to you than me. Can you share more details about what you’re asking for?

Based on your pre-edit version of your last reply, I have a guess at what you’re looking for, but it would be helpful to hear your description of it. :slight_smile:

Maybe it does Josh. I want a tile where every time I press the tile it cycles to the next dashboard. I thought it would be a nice improvement instead of having to spend two tiles - forward and backward.