Navigation Bar

The navigation bar sits at the top of the nomos system Controller configuration interface. On the left it shows where you are (e.g. Automations → Edit); clicking an earlier part takes you back there. On the right it provides quick access to essential functions.

Elements of the Navigation Bar

• Search (Magnifying Glass Icon):
  • Function: Opens the search across the whole installation: devices, rooms, automations, scenes, notifications, users, the pages of the interface and more. Shortcut: ⌘K or Ctrl+K, or /. More under Search.
• App Button:
  • Function: The button carries the name of the app, e.g. "nomos App", with an arrow symbol. Clicking it opens the app view of the nomos system Controller in a new tab. If there are several apps, the Apps menu listing them appears instead.
  • Usage: Allows a quick switch between the configuration interface and the app view.
• Help (Question Mark Icon):
  • Function: Directly opens the help section of the currently open page.
• User Menu (Circle with the Initial):
  • Function: Clicking it opens a menu that shows the name of the logged-in user at the top, "Administrator" after the initial setup. It contains Profile (opens the settings of your own user account), Restart (restarts the Controller, after a confirmation) and Log Out.

When applying changes takes more than a moment, the note Applying changes… appears to the left of these elements; they stay usable. On a smartphone only an icon turns to the left of the user menu, in place of the magnifying glass. Do not switch off the Controller during this time.

The ON/OFF switch that turns a skill on or off is not part of the navigation bar. It sits in the header of every skill page (see Skills).

Search

Clicking the magnifying glass opens the search. Faster still are ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows), or the / key while the cursor is not in an input field. From two characters on, the hits appear, grouped by type.

/ only works while the single-key shortcuts are switched on (overview Keyboard shortcuts: the ? key or the keyboard icon at the bottom of the sidebar); ⌘K or Ctrl+K always works.

• What is found: devices, rooms, zones, automations, scenes, schedules, variables, notifications, cameras, links, users, mobile devices, add-on profiles, KNX group addresses, KNX and Lutron projects, and the pages of the configuration interface. Names, models, manufacturers and serial numbers are searched, for devices also the room.
• Several words: The words may come in any order, each one must occur: "flur licht" finds the automation "Licht Flur bei Bewegung". Upper and lower case and umlauts do not matter: "tur" also finds "Türsensor".
• Order: Exact hits come before hits at the start of a word, and those before hits inside a word. The group with the best hit is on top. The matched part of the name is bold.
• Second line: Below the name is what tells hits with the same name apart: room and manufacturer for devices, the path for pages, the zone for rooms, the category for variables, the datapoint type for KNX group addresses.
• Many hits: Each group shows at most five; Show all … expands the group.
• Keyboard: ↑ and ↓ select a hit, Enter opens it, the first one if none is selected. Esc clears the search and closes it. After a hit has been opened, the entry is in the field the next time, selected; typing replaces it.
• Target: A hit opens the element itself, such as the device page, the room, the camera or the automation. A KNX group address opens the ETS project or the manually added addresses, already filtered by the address.

On tablets and smartphones the navigation bar shows only the magnifying glass and the user menu on the right; the app button and Help are listed in the user menu there. On a smartphone the search opens across the full width.