Dialog settings

This tab contains default settings for the dialogs that are used in the visualization at runtime for a text input and for the user management. The dialog to be used is defined in the input configuration of the respective visualization element.

Dialog settings 1:
Dialog settings 2:

The global settings in the Visualization Manager are only effective for use in a PLC HMI or PLC HMI Web.

Settings for standard text input

A dialog that supports the input appears at runtime for an element with standard text input. You can determine which dialog appears.

Numpad

Dialog in the form of a numpad, which the visualization opens at runtime if the user activates the input field for a number.

Preset: VisuDialogs.Numpad

Keypad

Dialog in the form of a keyboard, which the visualization opens at runtime if the user activates the input field for a text.

Preset: VisuDialogs.Keypad

Use text input with limits

Requirement: PLC HMI or PLC HMI Web is configured as display option. The default text input mode is keypad. In this case the visualization supports text entry via the keyboard at runtime.

For inputs with a limited range of values, instead of the input field a dialog can be called up, which shows the range of values.

Preset: VisuDialogs.TextinputWithLimits

This dialog shows the range of values and does not accept values outside these limits.

Global position settings for numpad / keypad

  • Centered: The dialog is opened in the center of the screen.
  • Open centered on element: The dialog is opened on the element and covers it.
  • Open next to element: The dialog is placed dynamically optimized next to the element.
  • Open in defined position: The dialog is opened in the visualization window in the position defined here.
    X, Y: Variable or direct number (pixels) for defining the top left corner of the dialog in the coordinate system of the visualization window.

Note: The origin of the visualization coordinate system is the top left corner. The positive horizontal X-axis runs towards the right. The positive vertical Y-axis runs downwards.

Settings for the user management dialog

You can configure your visualization with a user management. To do this you configure an input on an element that causes a user management dialog to appear. In order to use other visualizations as user management dialogs, you have to change the presets here.

Login dialog

User management dialog that enables a login, typically requiring a user name and password to be entered. The dialog appears upon an input event on an element that, as a follow-up action, executes User management, action Login.

Preset: VisuUserManagement.VUM_Login

Change password dialog

User management dialog that enables a password change, typically requiring the current and new password to be entered. The dialog appears upon an input event on an element that, as a follow-up action, executes User management, action Change user password.

Preset: VisuUserManagement.ChangePassword

Change configuration dialog

User management dialog that enables a configuration change of the user management, i.e. typically a display of the current user configuration and an option to change it. The dialog appears upon an input event that, as a follow-up action, executes User management, action Open user management.

Preset: VisuUserManagement.VUM_UserManagement

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