1.4. Graphical User Interface Elements

The Red Hat Virtualization Administration Portal consists of contextual panes and menus.

Figure 1.1. Key Graphical User Interface Elements

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Key Graphical User Interface Elements

The header bar contains the Bookmarks, Tags, Tasks, Events and alerts notifications icons, the Help drop-down button, and the User drop-down button.

You can click the Help button to select Guide, a shortcut to the Red Hat Virtualization Administration Guide, or About, to view information on the version of Red Hat Virtualization. You can click the User button to select Options or Sign out.

The main navigation menu allows you to view the resources of the Red Hat Virtualization environment.

The search bar allows you to build queries for finding resources such as hosts and clusters in the Red Hat Virtualization environment. Queries can be as simple as a list of all the hosts in the system, or more complex, such as a list of resources that match certain conditions. As you type each part of the search query, you are offered choices to assist you in building the search. The star icon can be used to save the search as a bookmark.

The Refresh button refreshes the Administration Portal. The drop-down list beside the Refresh button allows you to set the time, in seconds, between Administration Portal refreshes. To avoid a delay between performing an action and its result appearing in the portal, the portal automatically refreshes whenever you perform an action or event, regardless of the refresh interval.

You can perform a task on an individual item, multiple items, or all the items in the results list by selecting the items and clicking the relevant action button.

You can display or hide table columns in the results list. To do this, right-click any table heading to display the column control menu, and select or deselect the appropriate heading title. The column control menu can also be used to rearrange the order of columns by dragging and dropping the column to the required position within the menu.

Click the name of a resource to go to its details view.

You can use the More Actions button to perform additional tasks.