Interface Features; Mouseover Menus; Breadcrumb Titles; Text Search Filter - VMware VLM3-ENG-CP - Lab Manager - PC User Manual

Interface Features

The Lab Manager interface includes features such as mouseover menus, breadcrumb
titles, and filters.

Mouseover Menus

The console has mouseover menus that are similar to right‐click menus and appear
when you move the pointer over an object name. A name or title has a mouseover menu
if an arrow appears to its right.

Breadcrumb Titles

If you navigate to specific templates or configurations, the title of the page displays the
object path. The objects link to the appropriate pages.

Text Search Filter

Use the Filter button at the top of certain pages to view a subset of the information on
the current page. Lab Manager matches the text entered in the field to the left of the
button against the attribute data of the search objects. Entries are not case‐sensitive.
Using the mouseover menu to the left of the field, you can filter across all columns on
the page or within a specific column.
N The filter text search does not recognize wildcards. If you enter a traditional
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wildcard, such as an asterisk (*), this function performs a literal search for an
asterisk symbol.

Column Sorting

Most pages in Lab Manager present data in tables. You can sort the data in each column
in ascending or descending order. Click the table heading name to perform the sort
operation. The arrow to the right of the column name indicates whether the data
appears in descending or ascending order.

VMware Tools and Mouse Control

When moving your mouse in to and out of the virtual machine console window, you
might "lose" the pointer. VMware Tools corrects this problem.
If you do not install VMware Tools, press Ctrl + Alt to regain mouse control.
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