Working with the EDA menu

The EDA menu always includes a set of basic selections. As you install new apps, the menu grows to include the new selections provided by those apps.

Within the EDA GUI there are some options to make it easier for you to access, navigate through, and find things within the EDA main menu.

Pinning and un-pinning the main menu

Click the hamburger button at the upper left off the EDA GUI to expand the menu horizontally and pin it open, or to un-pin it and allow it to collapse against the left edge of the EDA GUI.

Major menu groups

The EDA menu is divided into two major groups:
  • Main: this group contains the majority of options you can use to manage resources with EDA.
  • System Administration: this group contains options you can use to manage the EDA application itself, as well as user management and node management selections.

You can use the menu options to display only the Main menu; or only the System Administration menu; or both (All).

Figure 1. Menu display options

Menu categories

The EDA menu groups related menu selections together into a set of categories.
  • Menu categories appear in gray text and have an associated icon.
  • Applications and resources appear in black text and have an associated circle containing an icon or letters.

You can vertically expand or collapse individual categories using the chevron beside the category title.

Figure 2. Menu expand/collapse chevron

You can also expand or collapse all categories at once using the EXPAND CATEGORIES or COLLAPSE CATEGORIES toggle near the top of the menu.

When collapsed, the categories display only their icons. When expanded, the categories display their label text as well.

Figure 3. Expand menu toggle

Searching the menu

You can use the Search box to find all of the menu selections whose names include a particular string of text; the menu will display only matching options.

If your search matches a category name, all of the selections within that category are included in the search results (even though the selections themselves may not match your search string).

Figure 4. Menu search results

To clear the text within the Search field, click the X at the right of the field.