You can customize tiles in ELO. You can make a number of tile settings straight from the tile's context menu. You will find other settings in the Tile settings area.

Context menu

You can make a number of tile settings straight from the tile's context menu. Right-click the tile to open the context menu.

You can make the following settings:

• Pin to the navigation bar
• Show tile overlay in drag-and-drop
• Shrink/enlarge tile
• Hide

Information: Hidden tiles are moved to the Hidden tiles group. To restore the tile, drag it to the desired location in the tile navigation.

Tile settings

Open the Tile settings area from the context menu (right-click) > Settings. You can make the following settings in the Tile settings area:

• Name
• Color
• Icon
• Size
• Pin to the navigation bar, show tile overlay in drag-and-drop, show number of entries, diagram view
• Keyboard shortcut to open the tile

Information: Different settings are available depending on the type of tile you want to edit.

Information: When you click another tile in edit mode, you switch to edit mode for the tile you clicked.

Several settings are described in more detail below.

Save changes

To close edit mode and save the changes, click the arrow pointing left.

Edit name

You can change the name of tiles you created yourself (repository views and tasks views). Click Edit view.

Options

You can select different options depending on the type of tile you are editing.

Pinned to the navigation bar: Click this option to pin the tile to the navigation bar.

Show tile overlay in drag-and-drop: If this option is enabled, the tile appears as an overlay when you drag and drop an entry to the repository. Drop the entry onto the overlay to move it to the respective area.

Show number of entries: If this option is enabled, the number of entries in an area is displayed at the top right of the tile.

Diagram view: If you enable this option, a circular diagram is depicted on the tile. Depending on the entries in that particular work area or view, the diagram is made up of several segments in different colors. The colors relate to the font color selected for the entries.

Information: The Diagram view option only works when the tile size is set to Large.

Keyboard shortcut

You can assign a keyboard shortcut for quick access to a tile. Click the field and enter the desired keyboard shortcut.

Please note: Do not use a keyboard shortcut that is already being used by ELO or other programs.