Locking a screen to fixed content

What is locking used for?

Some screens should never accidentally show different content. Think of a screen in a public place, such as alongside a road, in a shop window or in a waiting room, that runs a fixed playlist. Locking a screen like this means it can never end up as the target of a wrong click in the send window.

A locked screen refuses any change to its content: permanent pushes, temporary pushes and changes to sub-screens. The lock sits on the connection between the screen and its content, not on the content itself. So a playlist that's running on the screen can still be updated as usual: adding, removing or reordering items works the same as always.

Locking a screen

1. Go to Screens in the sidebar.
2. Click the screen you want to lock.
3. Open Advanced.
4. Turn on Lock content. Once the toggle is on, you'll see below it which content the screen is locked to.
5. Click Save.

A lock icon appears next to the screen in the screens overview. In the send window, the screen is still visible but can't be selected; you'll see what content it's locked to.

Unlocking a screen

1. Open the same screen settings.
2. Turn off Lock content and click Save.

After that, you can send content to the screen as usual.

Note: Content that a screen is locked to (for example a playlist) can't be moved to the trash while the lock is active. Unlock the screen first.

Locking and unlocking a screen requires the same edit permissions as its other settings.