Flexi Tiles¶
Flexi Tiles Web Part is used to display a dashboard of images powered by a SharePoint Document Library.
Options¶
This web part provides various options to control the display of the feed.
Primary Settings¶
Library¶
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Mode | Select the type of content to display. |
| Site URL | Url of the site collection to target. When not provided uses the current site. |
| Select a library | Select a Flexi Tiles list. |
Create a new Library lets user's create a new FlexiTiles library in the site. User's will be able to select the new library from the dropdown when this is finished.
Quick¶
Use this option to set up "Quick Tiles", where user's specify the individual items to display. Click the "Configure" button to open the editor
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | The text to be displayed for the tile |
| Caption | A subtitle for the tile |
| Link | The location to navigate to when the tile is clicked |
| Open in new window | When checked, the link will open in a new tab/window when clicked |
| Image | Select the image to be displayed as the tile background |
| Icon | Choose an Icon to be shown on the tile |
| Background Colour | Set a background colour for the file |
| Font Colour | Set a colour for the title and caption texts, as well as the font |
Tile Display Style¶
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Tile Style | Select a display style from the available options. |
| Circle | Display tiles in a circle. |
General Settings¶
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Tiles Per Row | Number of tiles on a single row. |
| Tile Height | Set the high of each tile |
| Border Thickness | Set the tickness of the border on each tile |
| Dynamic Sizing | When activated Tiles will stetch to fill any remaining space on a row. |
| Overlay Position | Set the Tile overlay to appear above or below the image. |
| Toggle Animations | Turn on/off a sliding animation |
| Carousel | Turns on/off a carousel view of all tiles |
Carousel Options¶
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Slides to show | The number of tiles to show at one time |
| Autoplay | Automatically scroll the carousel |
| Speed | The time between each scroll when on Autoplay |
| Infinite | When the end is reached, continue from the start |
| Arrows | Show navigation arrows |
| Dots | Show navigation dots |
Auxillary Settings¶
Text Alignment | Set the alignment for the Title and Caption text. Match Theme Colours | Sets the Tile overlay colours to match the current SharePoint theme. Background Colour | Sets the background colour of the Tile overlay. Transparency | Sets the Transparency for the tile overlay. 1 being fully opaque. Font Colour | Sets the font colour of the Tile Tile and Caption. Font Size | Sets the base font size for the Tile Title and Caption. Icon Size | Sets the size of the icon to be shown
Config Repository¶
This web part supports use of the config repository, to allow users to save and load configurations of web parts with ease.
Loading a config file will populate the web part properties with properties from the incoming file.
SharePoint¶
Saving to SharePoint allows collaboration between users in a tenant.
The path the file is saved to is tenant-name/Site Assets/Mercury Assets/webpart-name.json.
Permissions¶
To save a file to SharePoint, edit permissions are required on the root Site Assets library.
To load a file from SharePoint, read permissions are required on the root Site Assets library.
OneDrive¶
Saving to OneDrive allows a user to save a file locally, this is the best option when a user does not have the required permissions to save to SharePoint.
The path the file is saved to is Mercury Assets/webpartname.json.