system.nav.swapTo not closing the previous docked window

Ignition
#1

I’m creating an application on an old 7.8 server. (I know … but it’s not mine.)

  • All the windows are docked.
  • The menubar is set to West.
  • All the other windows are set to “East”.
  • When start the application only the menubar appears on the left.
  • When I click the button for the first window it pops up on the east as expected but with a large gap between it and the menubar.
  • Selecting additional menu buttons opens up the additional windows but they all get attached on the east nudging the previous windows further and further off the screen. I can close them all with the Ignition Window menu.
  • The Event Handlers - action - actionPerformed is generated by the Navigation option and the resultant code for each button looks like this:
# This script was generated automatically by the navigation
# script builder. You may modify this script, but if you do,
# you will not be able to use the navigation builder to update
# this script without overwriting your changes.

system.nav.swapTo('Docked windows/EC Temperatures')

Can anyone remember back to 7.8.2 to advise me what the problem might be?

Many thanks.

#2

swapTo has not ever been intended for use with docked windows; it’s designed to close a detected “Main” window and replace it with a new one. I’m struggling to find the use case for all windows being docked, but, I suspect you’ll have to write your own swap function that closes anything besides your docked menubar, then opens the passed in window.

#3

Thanks for that, Paul.

What’s the right way then? Should I convert the menu window into a template and add that to each page, treating each as a main window?

#4

If you’ve already got your windows laid out they way they should be, you shouldn’t need a great deal of effort. Just change the window properties such that your current east-docked windows match the ‘expected’ settings for main windows: https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Window+Types, and swapTo should start working.

#5

That was it, thanks, Paul.
Thank you for your time.

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