

To learn more about using device designer, watch the device-designer training video (it's #17), or catch a live training session. This means you might have to give elements of your viz a little more room than you see in the device-preview panes. Different devices and browsers add a little “padding” to screens to give you a good viewing experience.

Mobile Design Tipsĭesigning for mobile devices can be challenging, so here are some of our top mobile design tips. You’ll see in the gif above that I used the fit width option and set the height at 500 pixels. If a viewer is looking at your viz on a screen that’s smaller than the one you used to design it, the viewer will be able to scroll vertically down your dashboard. With fit width, you need to set a height. This means you have maximum control over how your viz will look on any-sized mobile device. It automatically fits your viz to the device width and a set height. While this sounds great, mobile devices come in many sizes, and using the fit-all option means you have less control over how your viz will look across them all Fit all automatically fits dashboard objects to the height and width of the device.Using default fit will ignore any fit/sizing changes you have on your tablet/phone layout


This means you’ll want to design your default dashboard to look great on desktop and tablet views. If you only want to create a separate phone view, then your default dashboard will be seen on desktops and tablets. There are two ways you can use your default dashboard: If someone views your viz on a tablet or desktop, that person will see the default dashboard. For example, say only you create a phone view of your viz. If you haven’t made a device-specific view for a particular device, people using that device will see the default dashboard. It’s your original, and it does not change even if you start making other device layouts. The default-dashboard layout is like a master dashboard. So what do we do with this viz? If we make it ranged or automatic, it’s not going to look very good on a phone all the text and charts will be very scrunched up. You can only see part of this 'Fixed' size dashboard on an iPad Reference Materials Toggle sub-navigation.Teams and Organizations Toggle sub-navigation.
