Configure the navigation menu

Configure one navigation menu for a display client or multiple navigation menus that can be
shown distinctly on different display clients, multiple monitors, or one display client's different positions
.
To configure the navigation menu at design time
  1. In the
    FactoryTalk View
     Studio
    Explorer
    , expand the application, and then double-click
    Navigation Menu
    .
  2. (optional) Add multiple navigation menus as needed.
  3. Select a navigation menu and configure the following:
    • The appearance, including background color, text color, and font size.
    • The alignment, horizontal or vertical.
      • If the navigation menu is horizontal, you can select whether to dock the submenus.
      • If the navigation menu is vertical, you can specify the navigation sidebar width when docked to left or right.
    • Whether to enable the
      Backward
      ,
      Forward
      ,
      History
      , and runtime search buttons.
      TIP:
      In a multi-monitor setup, the navigation menu records the history specific to its assigned monitor.
  4. Build a navigation menu by adding, copying, and dragging folders or menu items according to your runtime display hierarchy and organization design.
    You can add one or multiple menu items at a time. A menu item is a graphic display in the
    Displays
     folder of your HMI server. If a menu item belongs to a folder, that folder structure is also added to the navigation menu by default.
  5. Configure individual menu items or folders on the navigation menu.
    1. Specify a name that is shown on the navigation menu. For menu items, the display name is used by default.
    2. Specify an icon to the menu items or folders that will show on the navigation menu. Select
      Show icon only
       to show them as icons only.
      TIP:
      The icon size is determined by the navigation menu's font size.
    3. Configure how a display shows by selecting and configuring the display parameters. The parameters are the same as those for Display commands.
    4. Configure one or more commands to run when a folder is clicked.
      TIP:
      Folder commands can be configured only when the navigation menu is enabled with docked submenu.
    5. Configure alarms and device diagnostic event notifications that will show on the navigation menu and notify operators. You can subscribe alarms per area, server, or group, and separate them with a semicolon (;).
      Follow the AlarmName parameter syntax guidelines for alarm notifications and DevicePath parameter syntax guidelines for device diagnostic event notifications.
    6. Click
      OK
      .
  6. Close the
    Navigation Menu
     editor.
  7. Add the DisplayNavigationMenu command button or add the command into a startup macro to launch the navigation menu at runtime.
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