Toolbox

• Jul 15, 2019
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The Toolbox provides access to the dashboard menu and allows you to add dashboard items, as well as undo or repeat user actions.

The main parts of the Toolbox are listed below.

Menu Button - allows you to invoke the dashboard menu containing the main commands. Toolbox - contains buttons that allow you to add dashboard items (Grid, Maps, Filter Elements, etc.), layout elements (Tab Container, Dashboard Group) or custom items. Toolbar - contains frequently used commands (for instance, undo/redo buttons).

Toolbox Groups

The Toolbox groups dashboard items as follows:

Item Group	Description	Items
Common	Data items used to visualize data.	Grid Pivot Chart Treemap Pies Scatter Chart Cards Gauges Text Box Image Bound Image
Maps	Map dashboard items.	Geo Point Map Choropleth Map Bubble Map Pie Map
Filter	Items used to filter data in data items.	Range Filter Combo Box List Box Tree View Date Filter
Layout	Items used to arrange another dashboard items in a dashboard.	Group Tab Container
Custom Section	Custom section. You can change this section’s name.	Custom items you have added to the Web Dashboard

Toolbox Customization

The ToolboxExtension class provides access to the Toolbox and allows you to customize it using client-side API. The main parts of the Toolbox are listed in the table below.

Name	Description
ToolboxExtension.menuItems	Provides access to the dashboard menu’s items collection.
ToolboxExtension.toolboxGroups	Provide an access to the collection of toolbox groups obtained from the Toolbox. Use the DashboardToolboxGroup.items property to access the toolbox group items.
ToolboxExtension.toolbarGroups	Provides an access to the toolbar groups collection obtained from the Toolbox. Use the DashboardToolbarGroup.items property to access the toolbar group items.