Adding a Kiosk2Go Layout device

A Kiosk2Go Layout device stores the pages that will be displayed in your mobile device browser or PC browser.

There are lots of individual smartphone layouts and tablet layouts under Graphic Elements & Blocks / Kiosk2Go Layouts in the device tree. Each is preset with the screen dimensions of the particular device after which it is named. When you drag the device over to the design page and create it, you will be able to see exactly how much screen space you have available for buttons, sliders and other controls.

When you add a Kiosk2Go Layout device to your design, you assign it a page group name. By default, this is the name of the device, e.g. HTC Thunderbolt. Once you have set up the device, you grant the user, who will log on to Kiosk2Go in the browser, access to this group. If you add several Kiosk2Go Layout devices to the project, provided they have been granted access to the page groups, the user will be asked to choose a page group name before they can access the pages it contains.

To add a Kiosk2Go Layout device

1. In the device tree, expand the Graphic Elements & Blocks / Kiosk2Go Layouts folder.
2. If you are designing screens for a specific mobile device, e.g., an Apple iPhone 5, expand the subfolders, and then drag the device over to the design page.

   If the device you are using is not listed, drag a Generic device over to the design page.

   The Kiosk2Go Layout Properties dialog box is displayed.

   

3. If you want to change the dimensions of the screen design area, type new values into the Height and Width boxes.

   The screen design area is the part of the Kiosk2Go device visible on the screen when Kiosk2Go is running.

   Tip: Specifying a height that is larger than the height of the device screen will allow the user to scroll down to see more controls on the page.

4. If you want to swap the height and width settings over to change the layout between landscape and portrait, click Swap Height/Width.
5. In the Page Count box, type the number of individual design pages to be displayed on the device when it is created.
6. In the Page Group Name box, type the name of the page group that will contain the pages in the Kiosk2Go device.

   This name will be displayed as the title at the top of the browser screen running Kiosk2Go.

7. If you want to allow the user to move to the previous page and next page in the browser by tapping buttons, select the Display Page Buttons check box.
8. If you want to allow the user to view help that you have written for controls in the design, select the Display Help Button check box.

   Tip: The help text is specified for each individual control on the Control Properties / Help tab.

9. If you want to specify smaller or larger help and page buttons, click a new size in the Help/Page Button Size list.
10. In the Control Gesture Type list, click an option to specify how the user will interact with knob controls in Kiosk2Go.

    Enhanced Touch	Click/tap the center of the knob to change to gesture mode. A colored gesture area will be displayed around the knob control. Drag inside this area to gesture the knob and change its value. Click/tap the center of the knob to exit gesture mode.
    NWare Compatible	Similar to the style used in regular Kiosk. Tap/hold the center of the knob and then drag to gesture.
    Auto Select	A mode will be selected automatically, based on the type of device running Kiosk2Go.

11. Click OK.