Panels

Overview

Panels in Lichtblick are flexible, modular elements that allow you to visualize and interact with data. You can customize and organize these panels within your layout. To add a panel, use the "Add Panel" menu to select a new panel, or drag and drop the panel directly into your layout.

Search panels

Once added, you can easily move panels around by dragging their top bar.

Each panel's top bar has quick access to:

  • Menu (represented by 3 dots) for common actions like panel splitting or changing the panel type
  • Settings accessed through the cog icon to adjust the panel's configuration

Customizing Panels

To edit a panel, click on the cog icon on its top bar to open the settings in the left sidebar. Each panel will be highlighted with a colored border when selected.

Selected panel

The sidebar allows you to filter the topics from your data source, and you can drang and drop topic results into panels for quick visualization.

Search for topics

Topics can be mapped to specific panel types like:

  • Raw messages and table panel for detailed message views
  • Image panel for visual topics
  • Plot and State Transiton panel for message path with graph-related data.

Drang and drop topics

For selecting multiple message paths, hold shift for a range, or Ctrl (or Cmd on macOS) for multiple non-adjacent items.