Opening Closing Dashboard

Opening & Closing Dashboard

The main purpose of Dashboard is to make widgets easily accessible without interfering with your work. Apple achieves this by making Dashboard quick and easy to open and close.

To open Dashboard

Click the Dashboard icon in the Dock.

Or

Press .

Your screen dims and the last widgets you accessed appear (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Dashboard with four widgets displayed: Calculator, World Clock, Calendar, and Weather.

To close Dashboard

Click anywhere on the screen other than on a widget.

Or

Press .

The widgets disappear and your screen returns to normal brightness.