Changing the Display Widget Type for a Value#

One can change the type of widget that displays values with the SmartDashboard. The allowable widgets depend on the type of the value being displayed.

Setting Edit Mode#

Select Editable from the View menu.

Make sure that the SmartDashboard is in edit mode. This is done by selecting Editable from the View menu.

Choosing Widget Type#

When editable right click on any widget and choose "Change to...".

Right-click on the widget and select Change to.... Then, pick the type of widget to use for the particular value. In this case we choose LinePlot.

Showing New Widget Type#

A line plot widget.

The new widget type is displayed. In this case, a Line Plot, will show the values of the Arm angle value over time. You can set the properties of the graph to make it better fit your data by right-clicking and selecting Properties.... See: Changing the display properties of a value.