{"id":131341,"date":"2025-07-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/?p=131341"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:09:10","slug":"10-pro-hmi-design-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/10-pro-hmi-design-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Pro HMI Design Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Build Screens Faster In Ignition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On a quest to work smarter (not harder) when it comes to HMI design so you can stay ahead of the curve? Shaving even a few seconds off a common step in your process can have a significant compound impact on the time you spend building HMI screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that end, here are 10 HMI design tips to speed up building in Ignition Perspective, offered by Inductive Automation Sales Engineer Reese Tyson. He originally shared these best practices in our webinar \u201cDesign Like A Pro: 25+ Tips For Lightning-Fast Development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are a ton of speed-enhancing Ignition tools, these are hidden gems that you might not already know about. You\u2019ll definitely want to add these to your toolbox because they will help you optimize your design workflow and achieve maximum efficiency!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-1024x586.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Tip 1: View Tag Utilization With Active Subscriptions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.inductiveautomation.com\/docs\/8.1\/platform\/tags\/tag-diagnostics%23tag-reference-tracker\">Tag Reference Tracker<\/a>, you can use Active Subscriptions to quickly view where you\u2019re using a tag. First, ensure that the Tag Reference Tracker is enabled in your gateway settings. Then, in the Ignition designer, just right-click on a tag, and select \u201cView Tag Diagnostics.\u201d From there, you can access Active Subscriptions. \u201cIt gives you the root container, any containers that are inside of that root container, and then all the way down to the property and what type of binding that is using that tag,\u201d Tyson says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/inductiveautomation.com\/blog\/10-pro-hmi-design-tips-build-screens-faster-in-ignition?utm_medium=digital&amp;utm_source=control-engineering-content-synd&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-01-ce-cs-gm&amp;AdvertisingTouch=ce-cs-07-2025&amp;Lead_Source=ce-cs-07-2025\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sponsored content by Inductive Automation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Build Screens Faster In Ignition On a quest to work smarter (not harder) when it comes to HMI design so you can stay ahead of the curve? 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