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Navigating Web Views

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Displaying Web Views Viewing the Current Layer Viewing Other Layers Viewing All Layers

Displaying Web Views

To display Web views, you need a Web browser with support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), implemented natively or through a plug-in. For detailed information on software requirements and limitations for using Web views, see the Simulink Report Generator Release Notes.

A Web view display consists of:

• A graphical display of the current layer (Simulink system or Stateflow chart)

• A hierarchical treeview browser for easy navigation through layers

• Four navigation buttons at top left

• Menu of navigation commands, which appears when you move the mouse over the leftmost button

• Shortcut menu, which appears in some browsers when you right-click the current layer

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Viewing the Current Layer

Display an example Web view of the Simulink Automatic Climate Control System demo model by typing the following commands at the MATLAB command prompt:

sldemo_auto_climatecontrol; 
slwebview(gcs)

As you move the mouse over the current layer, parameter names and values appear for each system, chart, block, and line. Use the mouse, menu commands, keyboard accelerators, and the arrow keys on your keyboard to pan and zoom within the current layer.

Action	Navigation Menu Command	Shortcut Menu Command	Keyboard Accelerator
Zoom in	Zoom in	Zoom in	R
Zoom out	Zoom out	Zoom out	V
Zoom to normal size (100%)	Zoom to 100%	None	1
Zoom to largest size that fits in browser window	Zoom to full screen	Zoom to full screen	F
Pan up	Pan up		E
Pan down	Pan down		C
Pan left	Pan left		D
Pan right	Pan right		G
Pan with mouse (drag layer while in panning mode)	Pan with mouse (click to toggle panning mode)	Pan with mouse (click to toggle panning mode)	P,Q, or SPACEBAR (press to enter panning mode; release to exit panning mode)

Note   The shortcut menu command Find text searches for a text string in the current layer. This command is only available in the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser.

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Viewing Other Layers

Click a particular layer's subsystem or subchart to make it the current layer. The current layer is also selected in the treeview browser, and its subsystems or subcharts appear in the treeview browser hierarchically. If blocks in your current layer are linked to libraries, the Web view shows to which libraries they belong.

Note   If your current layer has no subsystems or subcharts, it does not appear in the treeview browser.

As you move the mouse over an exported subsystem or subchart, it is highlighted or the cursor changes, depending on which Web browser you are using. You also see the following visual cues that enable you to assess your location in the model quickly:

• The subsystem or subchart's corresponding icon in the treeview browser is also highlighted, showing to where in the hierarchy you have navigated.

• The names of the subsystem or subchart's parent systems are grayed out and italicized in the treeview browser.

You can use the navigation buttons at the top left to view other layers.

Action	Navigation Button
View the previous layer in the view history	View previous
View the top-level layer	View home
View all layers in one window	View all layers

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Viewing All Layers

Click the View all layers navigation button to view all layers in one window. The layers appear in the Web browser as thumbnail images. You can click a given layer to view details about it. Clicking the View all layers button again returns to the previous view.

Tip   You can also view all layers by selecting the Show all layers command on the navigation and shortcut menus, and by using the X keyboard accelerator.

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Exporting Models to the Web

Tutorial: Creating Web Views of Simulink Models

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