Custom HTML consoles - development studio?

Hi All.

I'm starting to make use of the Custom HTML widget to create (hopefully) colorful and impactful view tiles which highlight key information.

I've got some basic views working using existing templates and examples.

However, trying to build on that I'm finding it difficult to make things work with Notepad++ and coping code into a custom HTML widget and hope it works.

Question: does Solarwinds either publish or can someone recommend a development studio so I can break code segments down and troubleshoot? I use SWQL Dev Studio for developing database queries. Does something similar exist for Orion web development?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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robert777

Thank you. I've just started working with modern dashboards.

I've got a console for one server class we monitor. The service owner has been requesting a few updates. I'm going to try and recreate the console in a modern dashboard. We'll see how the customer likes the new dashboards.

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sum_giais

I use Visual Studio Code myself... but if you haven't done so yet, I'd recommend creating a custom view -- "Scratch View" if you will where you can sandbox your HTML in SolarWinds. There's also plenty of web html IDE's out there, it's not perfect but sometimes I'll use www.w3schools.com/.../tryit.asp

sum_giais

That said though, have you tried using Modern Dashboards? Personally I don't use custom HTML widgets because they aren't available in modern dashboards (not clear if it ever will be..) and due to their security concerns.

robert777

Thank you. I've just started working with modern dashboards.

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