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Navigate between pages

Configure a button from Anlagenübersicht to Hauptseite and a return button, then test both directions.

Help ID OBJ-NAVIGATION8 original screenshotsExample version 2.61.489

1. Prepare the exercise

Create both pages first. Use no communication driver and leave both pages’ PLC page identifiers completely unconfigured, including connection, symbol and address. Navigation-only avoids the button’s ordinary switching command, but opening a target page can still write its separately configured page identifier. Clearing only the address may leave a symbolic assignment.

2. Insert the navigation button

On Anlagenübersicht insert a Basic objects → Button below the tank. Use name Navigation_Hauptseite, text HAUPTSEITE, X/Y 130/420, dimensions 120/36, rotation 0 and opacity 100. Leave label and process fields empty; default BOOL does not create a connection.

Use a separate button for page navigation.

Name and caption are set; the process assignment remains empty.

3. Select function and target

Open button function, choose Page navigation only (Nur Seitenwechsel) and target Hauptseite. Apply both dialogs and save Ctrl+S. This function displays initial text HAUPTSEITE; on/off state texts are not required.

The dialog heading now reads Seitenwechsel des Buttons (button page navigation).

Design the button in design mode; test the actual navigation in test mode.

4. Test navigation

Start F5 from Anlagenübersicht after checking simulation. Click HAUPTSEITE and confirm the target page. An empty main page is expected; the unconfigured global alarm message is unrelated. Back to editing returns to design mode; choose Anlagenübersicht again in the page list.

The final image shows the target page and the simulation message at the bottom.

5. Add the return button

In design mode select Hauptseite and add a button: Navigation_Anlagenuebersicht, text ANLAGENÜBERSICHT, X/Y 20/80, size 159/36, rotation 0, opacity 100, no process fields. Choose navigation-only and target Anlagenübersicht, apply both dialogs and save. With no drivers or page identifiers configured, start F5 and test HAUPTSEITE followed by ANLAGENÜBERSICHT. The tank page should return. Grids were disabled separately for the screenshots; navigation does not hide them.

The final position after moving the button and adjusting its width.

The caption alone does not choose the target: explicitly select Anlagenübersicht.

The button sits at the top left beneath the page title.

6. Common questions

Navigation is operated in Play mode, not design mode. Wrong destination: check the configured target, not the caption. A missing target page must first be created. Remember that target-page identifiers can write even when the button itself only navigates.

Keyboard shortcuts

Apply or close property dialogs, select objects on the canvas and leave any active text field before using an object shortcut.

Delete — delete selection: Deletes selected simple objects without another confirmation. Check the selection first.
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y — undo / redo: Undoes or restores an available object edit. This is not a recovery mechanism for deleted pages or files.
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V — copy / paste: Copies the selection and inserts an offset copy. Check names and process assignments afterward.
Ctrl+X — cut: Copies objects to the internal object clipboard and removes them from the page. Paste with Ctrl+V.
Ctrl+A — select all: Selects unlocked objects on the current page.
Arrow keys — move precisely: Moves the selection one pixel in the chosen direction within the page bounds.
Shift+Arrow — next grid position: Moves the selection in the grid direction using the page grid spacing.
Ctrl+L / Ctrl+Shift+L — lock / unlock: Locks the selection; Ctrl+Shift+L unlocks all locked objects on the current page.
Esc — end editor action: Cancels an action such as placement or clears the current selection.
Ctrl+S — save project: Saves applied changes. Save again after deleting, moving or copying.

The fixed global alarm area cannot be deleted or copied. Structural objects with assigned contents can ask an additional question about those contents.