Most features to manage open applications are found in the Applications Drawer. In addition to switching applications, the following functionality is available directly in the Applications Drawer:
Show/Hide Application Name Labels
Pin an Application to the Drawer
Open an Application in a New Window
Launch Application Videos and Documentation
Open an Application
Some applications, such as Tasks and Messages, are always available on the Applications Bar. Other applications you will need to open by navigating to the Apps menu and selecting the application.
EITHER select the currently open application on the top, left of the window OR select the App menu icon on the Applications Drawer.
Show/Hide Application Name Labels
The Applications Bar in Kahua provides an expanded and collapsed view to suit your preferred style. In the expanded view, application names are displayed. In the collapsed view, you can still identify the application by hovering over the icon until the name displays. The view toggle is located at the top of the Application Bar. It displays a Menu icon to expand the bar and a Back-Arrow icon to collapse the bar.
Close an Application
When you are finished working in an application, you can remove it from the app bar by right clicking in the applications Bar.
- Right click the application in the Applications Bar to bring up the contextual menu
- Select Close
Pin an Application to the Applications Drawer
If you have an application you use on a regular basis, you might want to pin the application to open on startup of Kahua.
- Open the application in the usual manner
- Right click the application in the Applications Bar to bring up the contextual menu
- Select Show on Startup
Open an Application in a New Window
You might want to open an application in a new window to be able to view multiple applications at once and compare or quickly edit multiple records simultaneously.
- Open the application in the usual manner
- Right click the application in the Applications Bar to bring up the contextual menu
- Select Open in New Window
Launch Application Videos and Documentation
If supporting videos and documentation exists for an application within the Kahua product, you will also see a link to Videos and Documentation in the application context menu.
- Open the application in the usual manner
- Right click the application in the Applications Bar to bring up the contextual menu
- Select Videos & Documentation