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Overview

The Web Browser Display (available since 2016.01) can display a URL that has been configured for a topology node in the topology.xml.

Configuration

To use the  HTML5 Display, configure it as <explorerTask> in Explorer.xml. For example:

		<explorerTask name="Web Browser Display">
			<iconFile>document.png</iconFile>
			<mnemonic>h</mnemonic>
			<taskClass>nl.wldelft.fews.gui.plugin.webbrowser.WebBrowserDisplay</taskClass>
			<toolbarTask>false</toolbarTask>
			<menubarTask>true</menubarTask>
			<accelerator>ctrl h</accelerator>
			<loadAtStartup>false</loadAtStartup>
		</explorerTask>	

Displaying Content

To display content in the Web Browser Display,topology nodes can be extended with an optional url. In the following example, the FEWS wiki has been configured with the url http://www.deltares.nl. 

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After displaying a page, the content can be refreshed using the "F5" shortcut key. This also required when for example images have been changed in the background. The can be refreshed by using the F5 key.

Example display