✅ Dashboards
Dashboards give you a central place to organize widgets, apps, and shortcuts for projects, teams, or personal tasks. They function like custom start page Chrome extensions, enabling you to access web resources quickly without leaving the browser.
Overview
- Add Dashboards from the App Store, just like any other app.
- Create as many Dashboards as you need!
- For your todo list
- For a work project
- For a client
- Create a Dashboard to use as your new tab page.
- Share widgets between dashboards.
- Easily share Dashboards with your team.
Walkthrough Guide
Creating a Dashboard
👍 Tip: Dashboards are added from the App Store just like other apps!
- Open the Add Menu
- Name Your Dashboard
- Type a name into the text field (e.g., “Design Hub” or “Finance Overview”).
- Add your first widget.
Adding Widgets
- Open the Dashboard
- Click its icon (four squares) in the webdock or tabstrip.
- Click [Add Widget] button top-right.
- Browse through available widgets in the Library (e.g., Tasks, Sticky Notes, Collections).
- Select a widget to add it to your dashboard.
- Rearrange & Resize
- Drag widgets to move them around.
- Click and drag the bottom-right corner to resize.
Dashboard Settings
Click on the settings cog in the top right-hand corner of any dashboard.
- Name - type a new name in the text field.
- Space between widgets - use the slider to edit the space between widgets. Or enter your own fixed grid width in px.
- Glass effect - Check the box to add a slight opacity and blurring to the widgets.
- Titlebar - Check the box to hide or show the titlebar.
- New tab page - Check the box to use this dashboard as your global new tab page.
Pin a Dashboard to a Group
You can place a shortcut to a specific dashboard under a Group in the webdock.
- Right-click on the Group
- Look for the option 'Pin Dashboard'
- Select a dashboard from the list
- A small dashboard icon appears under the Group icon.
- To unpin a dashboard, right-click the icon and select 'Remove Pinned Dashboard'.
Enable the Dashboard Switcher (Advanced Mode)
By default, Wavebox shows one dashboard at a time. You have the option to display a ☰ menu icon in the top-left hand corner that lets you switch between all your dashboards.
- Navigate to any Dashboard.
- Click the cog in the top-right corner to open Settings
- At the bottom of the Settings pop-up, check the box next to 'Advanced dashboard management tools' at the bottom of the window.
- A burger menu icon (≡) appears at the top-left of all your dashboards. From there, you can switch between, create, share, and manage dashboards.
👍 Tip: Advanced mode is auto-enabled for users on the Wavebox for Teams plan.
Remove or Delete a Dashboard
- Right-click on the dashboard icon and select 'Remove'
- In advanced mode, open the Dashboard Menu (≡), hover over the dashboard, click ⋮ and then Delete.
Use a Dashboard as your New Tab
- Click on Dashboard Menu (≡) and select 'Use as your new tab'. More about new tab pages.
Share Dashboards with a Team
When you upgrade to Teams, a new shared dashboard is automatically created.
- In any Dashboard, click the Dashboard Menu (≡)
- Hover over the dashboard you want to share and click the ⋮ icon.
- Hover over Share and choose a team from the menu.
👍 Tip: When you share a dashboard with a team, they will instantly see it in their Dashboard Menu (≡). Wavebox for Teams.
Unshare a Dashboard
It isn't possible to unshare a Dashboard at the moment. We suggest creating a new Dashboard and then deleting the old one. Here's how:
- Click the Dashboard Menu (≡) and then New Dashboard.
- Either: Move each individual widget to the new dashboard by clicking the widget's Settings Cog and using the option 'Move to Dashboard'.
- Or, in the new dashboard, use the 'Team Widget' tab to add widgets from the Library.
Troubleshooting & Tips
- No Dashboard Menu (≡)
- Enable advanced mode by opening Dashboard Settings and turning on Advanced dashboard management tools.
- Widgets Not Loading:
- iFrame widget? Check if the site blocks iframes (some websites do).
- Update Wavebox to the latest version.
- Disable browser extensions one by one if there’s a conflict.
Susan Davies