# Ignition Early Access **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition-8-early-access/10.md?page=82 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 83 --- ## [\[Question\]Grid Snap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-grid-snap/20957)
**Author:** [@CJVR](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CJVR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-grid-snap/20957 "2018-11-20T00:29:46Z")
Is there going to be a grid in Perspective like there is in Vision? I am anal when it comes to alignment and it is much easier when there is a snap grid. --- ## [\[Bug-11247\] Designer startup broken dependency](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11247-designer-startup-broken-dependency/20303)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11247-designer-startup-broken-dependency/20303 "2018-11-19T20:09:55Z")
The DesignerLauncher on my gentoo laptop broke in the past week. I did do package upgrades, so that is likely the cause. An up-to-date version of Xubuntu-16.04 works fine, so it must be a system dependency somewhere. … --- ## [\[Question\] ClientTagManager, How to read all tag's properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-clienttagmanager-how-to-read-all-tags-properties/20928)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-clienttagmanager-how-to-read-all-tags-properties/20928 "2018-11-19T16:50:11Z")
In Ignition 7.9, with the ClientTagManager, we could read tag's properties values with TagManager::getTags() and Tag::getAttribute(tagProp) In Ignition 8.0, getTags doesn't exist anymore. How to access to Tag object fr… --- ## [\[Question\] Named queries only on components?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-named-queries-only-on-components/20894)
**Author:** [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-named-queries-only-on-components/20894 "2018-11-16T15:59:06Z")
Just wondering if names queries will be the only way to manually query data to bring into components? Tbh, I actually like the fact I have to setup a named query because it forces me to setup the structure rather than … --- ## [\[Question\] Launcher Install?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-launcher-install/20884)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-launcher-install/20884 "2018-11-15T18:10:48Z")
I have been downloading the nightly builds and re-installing each morning on my Ignition server. Should I also be re-installing the client launcher on my work station? --- ## [Nightly Changelog: 8.0.0-beta.20181115-0221](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-changelog-8-0-0-beta-20181115-0221/20888)
**Author:** [@PerryAJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PerryAJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-changelog-8-0-0-beta-20181115-0221/20888 "2018-11-15T17:31:41Z")
Here is a partial list of changes that have been incorporated in the last few night's releases (since build version b2018111202). Platform - Gateway 11456: Upgraded Jython to 2.7.1 to address import fixes and more 11… --- ## [\[Question-Resolved\] 8.0 Beta session custom props use correct?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-resolved-8-0-beta-session-custom-props-use-correct/20826)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-resolved-8-0-beta-session-custom-props-use-correct/20826 "2018-11-14T19:24:42Z")
So I went though and on the gear/page configuration screen of the designer and added a few value keys to the session custom area. Then I went to my "main" page and view, and as part of the "configure events" for the vi… --- ## [\[Bug-10651\] Dark Foreground/Background on new tool-tip style](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-10651-dark-foreground-background-on-new-tool-tip-style/20819)
**Author:** [@cody.tamaki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cody.tamaki)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-10651-dark-foreground-background-on-new-tool-tip-style/20819 "2018-11-14T01:07:58Z")
This obviously isn’t the biggest deal but the dark foreground/background of the designer tooltips makes it very difficult to read. I’ve noticed it on the component palette and property editor windows. --- ## [Start New Trial - Perspective Expired](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/start-new-trial-perspective-expired/20823)
**Author:** [@john.schlottke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.schlottke)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/start-new-trial-perspective-expired/20823 "2018-11-13T23:27:12Z")
I'm not able to reset the Perspective Client. A page comes up saying "Trial Expired" and to "Launch Gateway". I've tried logging into the gateway but it doesn't seem to reset the trial period. How would you reset the… --- ## [\[Feature - 11647\] Session Custom Properties difficult to add](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-11647-session-custom-properties-difficult-to-add/20817)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-11647-session-custom-properties-difficult-to-add/20817 "2018-11-13T20:42:12Z")
The behavior you unexpectedly encountered: add session custom property link not always showing even when mouse is trolling around trying to find it… The behavior you were expecting to see: The add property link alway… --- ## [\[Question\] Pages and Views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-pages-and-views/20807)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-pages-and-views/20807 "2018-11-13T18:19:38Z")
According to the "basic" structure for Perspective, we should have all views tied to a page, with at least one view as the "main", correct? Can there be situations where views don't need to be designated to a page? htt… --- ## [\[BUG\] Error on Perspective and Named Queries with 3rd Party JDBC Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-error-on-perspective-and-named-queries-with-3rd-party-jdbc-driver/20800)
**Author:** [@krohnemannd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/krohnemannd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-error-on-perspective-and-named-queries-with-3rd-party-jdbc-driver/20800 "2018-11-13T15:01:22Z")
Attempting to query to a 3rd party historian through their JDBC driver I ran into a few issues. Running a named query or a perspective based system.db.runQuery against this driver yields this error: GatewayException… --- ## [\[Question\] Adding tag properties?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-adding-tag-properties/20726)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-adding-tag-properties/20726 "2018-11-12T18:49:50Z")
@Colby.Clegg New tag's parameters management in UDT is a great new feature with the possibility to read/write them by script with the dynamic UDT reconfiguration. :clap: Thanks a lot fot that. In tag property binding … --- ## [\[Question\] Perspective Image Locations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-image-locations/20775)
**Author:** [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-image-locations/20775 "2018-11-12T18:09:40Z")
I'm wondering what image references are being used by Perspective. An icon path for the menu tree looks like this: 'material/chevron\_right'. I notice if I copy a path from the Image Management tool, it doesn't work. … --- ## [Toggle between preview and design mode didn't allow navigate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/toggle-between-preview-and-design-mode-didnt-allow-navigate/20774)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/toggle-between-preview-and-design-mode-didnt-allow-navigate/20774 "2018-11-12T17:42:20Z")
The behavior you unexpectedly encountered: Button Navigation didn't do anything. The behavior you were expecting to see: When I click the button to navigate, that the views would swap. A list of the steps you took that … --- ## [\[BUG-11570\] MenuTree not behaving correctly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11570-menutree-not-behaving-correctly/20746)
**Author:** [@rsalamat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rsalamat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11570-menutree-not-behaving-correctly/20746 "2018-11-12T15:15:01Z")
Menu tree not behaving correctly. Opened Chrome Developer Tools and saw the following warnings… DevTools failed to parse SourceMap: http://127.0.0.1:8088/res/perspective/css/PerspectiveClient.css.map react-dom.deve… --- ## [\[Feature\] Add tick value customization to Gauge Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-tick-value-customization-to-gauge-component/20735)
**Author:** [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-tick-value-customization-to-gauge-component/20735 "2018-11-12T15:14:21Z")
Hi could someone point me in the right direction to add my own tick values to say represent a compass or have higher number without increasing the physical size of the component. Any help would be great. --- ## [\[feedback\] First Impressions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-first-impressions/20569)
**Author:** [@sfitze](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sfitze)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-first-impressions/20569 "2018-11-12T00:09:15Z")
Before I start I have to say that I have been at this for 30 years going back to programming PLC2s, PanelViews with DOS, using DMACs on a 286. WinCC, WonderWare, I've used them all over the years. I've programmed in eve… --- ## [\[BUG\] Perspective Behaves Differently Between Browsers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-behaves-differently-between-browsers/20750)
**Author:** [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-behaves-differently-between-browsers/20750 "2018-11-11T18:18:56Z")
When I view a client in one browser the main view is black text on white background (Opera desktop) but in another (Chrome desktop) its White text on dark background. Further, in the second case I have a left view which… --- ## [\[BUG-11133\] Perspective view in Designer not respecting hi-DPI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11133-perspective-view-in-designer-not-respecting-hi-dpi/20728)
**Author:** [@fourmajor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fourmajor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11133-perspective-view-in-designer-not-respecting-hi-dpi/20728 "2018-11-09T21:45:22Z")
1. The behavior you unexpectedly encountered: On HiDPI screens, when I create a new Perspective View, it is shown not respecting HiDPI. In other words, the Designer is shown with larger fonts and graphics, except for the… --- ## [\[bug-11605,10666\]7.9 to 8.0 Project Import Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11605-10666-7-9-to-8-0-project-import-issues/20720)
**Author:** [@martin.nelkie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martin.nelkie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11605-10666-7-9-to-8-0-project-import-issues/20720 "2018-11-09T19:35:17Z")
My original 7.9 project did not import successfully to 8.0 I have not tried sense the 6th Reference to the following post I have the same setup \[BUG\] Gateway Fails to Start After the project hung up on starting … --- ## [\[BUG-11014\] Colour Picker opens too narrow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11014-colour-picker-opens-too-narrow/20697)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11014-colour-picker-opens-too-narrow/20697 "2018-11-09T16:26:17Z")
build 8.0.0-beta0 (b2018110708) Not particularly a bug, but rather an annoyance. The colour picker displays unnecessarily narrow to see all of the tabs, all of which are used regularly. In particular I tend to use HSL m… --- ## [\[Question\] Menu Tree perspective - Ingition 8 beta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-menu-tree-perspective-ingition-8-beta/20625)
**Author:** [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-menu-tree-perspective-ingition-8-beta/20625 "2018-11-09T10:12:06Z")
I have made a menu tree in the perspective. It's so nice. Now i would like to set the links to the other windows. Where i should configure this setting? How i thell ingnition to go to other "view" X /Main pag to /pag… --- ## [\[Question\] Standard Component Props - Can delete base properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-standard-component-props-can-delete-base-properties/20689)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-standard-component-props-can-delete-base-properties/20689 "2018-11-09T03:31:51Z")
I've literally just installed ignition 8 and just had a quick look at the Perspective module. I've dragged on a Thermometer component into Perspective and noticed that I can delete any of the base Props properties. I d… --- ## [\[Question\] Licensing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-licensing/20590)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-licensing/20590 "2018-11-09T02:11:53Z")
For applying a license to the beta, would I just use the web interface under licensing? --- ## [\[Question\] Running Multiple Versions of Ignition?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-running-multiple-versions-of-ignition/20629)
**Author:** [@john.schlottke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.schlottke)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-running-multiple-versions-of-ignition/20629 "2018-11-09T02:02:49Z")
Is it possible to have multiple versions of Ignition running? For example we'd like to keep version 7.9 but at the same time start developing for version 8. Hopefully this would allow us to take advantage of the new mo… --- ## [\[Feature\] Serial Module in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694)
**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694 "2018-11-09T01:47:55Z")
This is a shot in the dark, but we have been using small Ignition Vision apps to interface with lab bench style equipment. Generally it is formatting the data or walking the operator through the process then finally sub… --- ## [\[Question\] Native Client Launchers, Win, Linux, OSX, ? iOS?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-native-client-launchers-win-linux-osx-ios/20672)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-native-client-launchers-win-linux-osx-ios/20672 "2018-11-08T21:42:13Z")
Also, for the native client launchers, I saw the window, linux, and mac OSX launchers, but not an iOS launcher. Since the mobile module is not in the module list anymore, what is the preferred method for launching a proj… --- ## [\[Bug-11594\] 8.0 Gateway launches 7.9 user manual](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11594-8-0-gateway-launches-7-9-user-manual/20680)
**Author:** [@brian.mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mills)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11594-8-0-gateway-launches-7-9-user-manual/20680 "2018-11-08T21:07:43Z")
self explanatory, see above. can we get the https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80 attached to the search - user manual link? --- ## [Designer Connection Lost repeatedly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-connection-lost-repeatedly/20651)
**Author:** [@mikeahechtman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikeahechtman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-connection-lost-repeatedly/20651 "2018-11-08T19:02:36Z")
I created a UDT and didn't create any parameters or members... after about 10 minutes... The designer constantly says connection lost and connection restored. On one of the errors, it says: Session re-established, but … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition-8-early-access/10.md?page=81) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition-8-early-access/10.md?page=83)