Using The Taskbar - Siemens SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort MTP700 Operating Instructions Manual

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Using the taskbar

A taskbar is available for fast access to functions or apps.
You open the taskbar with a wiping gesture from bottom to top at the bottom edge of the
display. If there is no operation in the taskbar for more than two seconds, the taskbar is
hidden again. The following figure shows an example.
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The buttons
depending on the number of opened apps.
Touch a button or icon to activate the corresponding function or bring the corresponding app
to the foreground.
If you operate your HMI device via an industrial grade mouse or remotely operate the HMI
device via a client with mouse, then you can right-click the apps in the taskbar to close them
again. If you operate the HMI device without a mouse, then close apps via the corresponding
menu function or via the icon "x" on the far right in the app's title bar.
Use the floating screen keyboard for data input in apps. Additional information is available in
the section "Using the screen keyboard (Page 63)".
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Icon for opening the Control Panel from the Runtime project.
"Start Runtime" icon to start the Runtime project.
Icon for opening the floating screen keyboard.
Symbols of all currently opened apps. The example shows from left to right the icons
"Web Browser", "Media Player", "E-Mail Client", "PDF Viewer" and "Doc Viewer".
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to are always displayed in the taskbar, the number of app icons varies
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