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MarkMeader's avatar
MarkMeader
New Contributor III
3 years ago

Background images on Dashboards

Looking for some advice on the best way to incorporate a background image on a dashboard. Say for example you want to have a nice Splash screen that has a nice background image that fills the whole...
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  • JackLacava's avatar
    JackLacava
    3 years ago

    Set your dashboard layout as Canvas, then add an Image component, with Dock Position set to Left. Then add the other component docked where you want them (i.e. use absolute positioning with Left and Top). You might want to play with Display Format options on the Image to achieve the perfect result.

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JackLacava
Honored Contributor

Set your dashboard layout as Canvas, then add an Image component, with Dock Position set to Left. Then add the other component docked where you want them (i.e. use absolute positioning with Left and Top). You might want to play with Display Format options on the Image to achieve the perfect result.

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WernerN
Contributor
2 years ago

Thank you Jack for posting your advice.  But embarrassed to admit that i have tried to figure out forever how to do that.  Canvas never came to mind. Maybe time for me to go beyond Grid layout :D.