Flex Client Application Screen

In Flex Client web/desktop app, the screen displays many functional components in multiple panes, divided by splitters.

Top Bar

The horizontal navigation bar is the point of entry to a set of Flex Client additional features.

Right panel

By default, it is collapsed on the right, and displays the following:

An icon to expand the right panel: .

To collapse the right panel, select .
Your right panel preferences (collapsed, expanded, or expanded with a specific item on display) are automatically saved when you exit the application and persist across your user sessions.

Additional icons for the different applications (Properties, History, and so on).

Work area

Large area below the horizontal navigation bar which displays:

Summary bar (an overview of the events in the system)
System workspace, Events workspace, or Tasks (Operator Tasks) depending on the selected button.

Interacting with the Flex Client web/desktop app

You can interact with the different system functions in a variety of ways. For more details, see:

For user settings and additional preferences, see also:

For other user tasks, see also:

Navigating the system

You can navigate the system in many ways. These include:

Doing a primary selection action:

Select an object in the System tree to propagate its information to the pane on the right.

Doing a secondary selection action for an object selected in the System tree:

Select an item in the Primary pane to display any relevant properties and commands in the right panel.

Doing a send to primary action or send to secondary action:

Select  next to an object (or group of objects) in System Browser, and respectively choose whether to propagate (send) its information to the primary pane on the right or to a secondary pane that will open next to the primary.

Navigating back () and forth () through the desktop app or web app navigation history. In the web browser app, you can also save bookmarks to individual pages of the Flex Client application.
NOTE: Bookmarks created with a previous version of the Flex Client application will not work because of a different URL structure.

Browser window size

In Flex Client web app, if you resize the browser window to 576 pixels the web app switches to mobile view (see Mobile Flex).

Below 360 pixels, the screen is grayed out, the Flex Client application cannot be used, and a message suggests to increase the display width.

Advanced functionalities

By selecting  on top left of the Flex desktop app window, advanced users can also access a few advanced functionalities (such as, security settings, hard refresh, and editing display rules for graphics), which are described in the Desigo CC engineering help.