Preferential Screen Editor - Advanced User Interface
To use Maitre'D POS workstations, at least one preferential screen must be created. However, most restaurants will use many screens. The total number of preferential screens will depend on many factors, like the number of items on the menu, the number of revenue centers, the number of modes and the general look & feel you're going for while designing the menu.
Description
Type a meaningful description for this preferential screen. The description should provide a clear indication as to what this preferential screen is used for, like "Delivery", "Grill" or "Pasta" for instance. This field supports up to 20 characters.
Change Layout
Click the Change Layout button to configure the number of columns and rows to be displayed on this preferential screen.
Save
Use the Save button to save all changes.
Navigation keys
Use the navigation keys to cycle through the pages within a preferential screen.
Use the navigation keys to cycle through the pages within a preferential screen.
NOTE: Each preferential screen can have a maximum of 50 buttons. If all 50 buttons can fit on a single page (i.e.: 5 columns x 10 rows), then the preferential screen will only have one page.
If the preferential screen is configured with 10 buttons per page (i.e.: 2 columns x 5 rows), then the preferential screen could span up to 5 pages.
Preferential Screen Layout
Click the Change Layout button to bring up the Change layout dialog:
Columns
Type the number of columns or use the up/down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number of columns.
Rows
Type the number of rows or use the up/down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number of rows.
Maximum number of buttons
If the maximum of 50 buttons per screen is exceeded, a warning will be displayed on the screen. Reduce the number of rows or columns to bring the number of buttons to 50 or less.
Multi-page screens
If you create a layout that contains few buttons, the preferential screen may span across multiple pages up to a maximum of 50 buttons. For instance, using a 2 x 5 layout will allow up to 5 pages of buttons (10 buttons per page, for a total of 50).
NOTE: To cycle button pages at the POS, you need to create navigation buttons on a screen layout, using the Next Preferential Screen and Previous Preferential Screen commands.
Single Buttons
To add a single button to the screen layout, simply click on the button outline you wish to configure. The button will become highlighted and this will give you access to the Button properties toolbar on the right-hand side of the Screen layout editor.
To learn more on Button Properties, please see the dedicated topic on this matter:
Dual or Quad Buttons
Buttons can be expanded to take up to two slots wide by two slots high.
To expand a button, hover the mouse cursor over the bottom-right corner of the selected button. The cursor will change to a resize arrow.
Click and drag the button's border to the desired width and height. Selected buttons will be highlighted in light red.
Release the mouse button to apply the new button size.
Using this method, you can create:
Dual-width buttons (1 x 2)
Dual-height button (2 x 1)
Quad button (2 x 2)
NOTE: Buttons cannot be wider than 2 slots, and they cannot be higher than 2 slots either.
Deleting a preferential screen
To delete a preferential screen:
Open the screen to be deleted in the preferential screen editor.
Clear the Description field and click the Save button.
A confirmation dialog box will be displayed. Click OK to delete the screen.
The preferential screen will be deleted, along with all the buttons in contained.
Copy buttons
To copy an existing button, simply click the button once to select it. The button will become highlighted with an orange outline. Then, press CTRL + C on your keyboard. You may also right-click the button and select the Copy option from the contextual menu. The button and all of its settings will be copied to the clipboard.
Cut buttons
To cut an existing button, simply click the button once to select it. The button will become highlighted with an orange outline. Then, press CTRL + X on your keyboard. You may also right-click the button and select the Cut option from the contextual menu. The button will disappear from the screen, and all of its settings will be copied to the clipboard.
Paste buttons
To paste a button that was just copied or cut to the clipboard, click on an empty button or a button which you would like to have replaced, and press CTRL + V on your keyboard. You may also right-click the location where the new button should go and select the Paste option from the contextual menu. The button will be pasted in the selected location.
Delete buttons
To delete a button, simply click the button you wish to delete, so that it becomes highlighted with an orange outline. Then, press the DEL key on your keyboard. ou may also right-click the button and select the Remove option from the contextual menu.
Multi-Select + Delete
You can select multiple buttons and delete them all in one operation. To do so, press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard. While holding down the CTRL key, click each button to be deleted. Each button will become highlighted with an orange outline. Then, press the DEL key on your keyboard.
Move buttons
To move a button, hover the mouse cursor on the button until the cursor changes to a cross with arrows. Then, click and drag the button. Release the mouse button over the location where you want the button to be.
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