Building and managing your dashboards in Relay

Building a dashboard in Relay means placing tiles on a canvas, filling each tile with modules, and then operating the result in Live Mode during your event.

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How dashboards are structured

• Tabs: Separate different areas of responsibility or moments in your workflow.
• Canvas: The surface where tiles are placed and arranged.
• Tiles: Containers on the canvas that hold one or more modules.
• Modules: The actual content or controls shown inside a tile.

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Starting from the home screen

Relay opens to a home screen showing your recent files. From there you can start a new dashboard (choosing a canvas size as you create it), open an existing .relay file, or check the What’s New panel for recent release notes without leaving the app. Right-click any recent file to pin it as your startup file — Relay will skip the home screen and open that document automatically the next time you launch. The home screen sidebar also has a Quit button, so you can close Relay without switching to the menu bar. Quit and Close both respond immediately now, even while a dialog is open.

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Creating and saving dashboards

Use File > New Dashboard to start fresh and File > Open Dashboard... to open an existing .relay file. Save with Command-S, or use Save Dashboard As... when you want a copy with a different name or location. Once a dashboard has a save location, it autosaves by default — the toolbar shows whether the current document is saving or already saved. The first time autosave triggers, Relay shows a one-time prompt with an inline toggle if you’d rather turn it off; after that it’s silent. You can also change this behavior at any time under Relay > Settings → General.

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Keyboard shortcuts

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Canvas View vs. Live Mode

Canvas View is for building and editing. Live Mode is for running the dashboard during a real service or event.

• Use Canvas View to add tiles, move them, align them, and change module configuration.
• Use Live Mode when you want a cleaner operating experience with fewer accidental edits.

Canvas panning and zooming stay smooth even on dashboards with lots of tiles, and trackpad pan/zoom gestures no longer get swallowed by scrollable content inside a module.

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