The Always Page

Context:

<pages>
   <pagelist>
      <page>
         <pagenumber>0</pagenumber>
         <pagename>Always page</pagename>
         <gauges>
         ...
         </gauges>
     </page>

      <page>
         <pagenumber>1</pagenumber>
         <pagename>My first page</pagename>
         <gauges>
         ...
         </gauges>
     </page>

    ....
    </pagelist>
</pages>

The always page is a special page which is always displayed, no matter which page number is selected as the current page. Use this to add one or more gauges that need to be always displayed no matter what actual page is selected - for example the time and date, WIFI connection status, or data logging status.

The always page should always be page number 0, and therefore will always be at the beginning of the file, immediately after the <pages> entry, which is the root of the XML document.

You do not have to put any gauges on the always page if you do not want to, but it must be present in the file.

If you design a new page set using the screen designer, the always page will be added automatically as page 0, and the first selectable page will be added as page 1.