Customize the Appearance of Team Web Access

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You can use Team Web Access to change the appearance of the Web interface, customize the quick launch area, and modify certain application behavior and settings. For example:

  • You can configure all the items in the quick launch area, such as Favorites, Queries, and Reports. You can also specify how many recently-accessed items are listed under each category, both on the Home page and in the quick launch area.

  • You can change several settings that affect the way results and listings appear. For example, you can change the maximum number of builds or search results that can appear per page.

  • You can modify regional settings to match the language and time in your location. The settings reflect the time zone of the server that hosts Team Web Access unless you explicitly set your time zone. You should set your time zone if it differs from that of the server so that your work items appear and are processed correctly.

  • You can set the color scheme theme of the Team Web Access user interface to either green and blue, or to orange and olive.

For information about supported Web browsers, see Managing Work Using Team Web Access.

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You can perform any of the following procedures:

  • Configuring Your Home Page and Quick Launch Area

  • Changing the Number of Items and Details That Appear for Each Section

  • Changing Culture Settings

  • Changing Background Theme Settings

Required Permissions

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Team Foundation Valid Users security group. If the necessary security permissions are set explicitly, you must have your View project-level information permission for the team project set to Allow. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

Configuring Your Home Page and Quick Launch Area

To configure items that appear on the Home page and quick launch area

  1. In Team Web Access, click Settings, click Profile, and then click Options.

  2. In the Options dialog box, click the Home Page Settings tab.

  3. Select the check box next to each item that should appear on your Home page or in the quick launch area, and then click OK.

  4. Set one or more options according to the following procedures:

    Option

    Procedure

    Number of recent items in Quick Launch

    Click the arrow, and then click a number to specify the maximum number of items that can appear under each recently-accessed category in the Quick Launch area. The default value is 5.

    Number of recent items in Quick Launch menus

    Click the arrow, and then click a number to specify the maximum number of items can appear under each menu in the Quick Launch area. The default value is 20.

  5. Click OK.

    The page refreshes, and the recent items, menu items, and recently accessed work item results show the number of items that you configured.

Changing the Number of Items and Details That Appear for Each Section

To change the number of items and details displayed for each application

  1. In Team Web Access, click Settings, click Profile, and then click Options.

  2. In the Options dialog box, click the Miscellaneous tab.

  3. Set one or more options according to the following procedures:

    Option

    Procedure

    Search Settings

    Click the arrow, and then click a number to specify the maximum number of results that can appear on one page when you search. The default value is 20.

    Work Item Settings

    Select the check box to include revision details when you view work items in report view.

    Source Control Settings

    Select the check box to display source control (version control) items after they are deleted.

    Click the arrow, and then click a number to specify the size, in kilobytes, at which the download of a version-controlled folder triggers a warning that you attempting to view a large amount of data.

    Build Settings

    Click the down arrow, and then click a number to specify the maximum number of builds that can appear on one page. The default value is 20.

  4. Click OK.

Changing Culture Settings

To change the culture settings

  1. In Team Web Access, point to Settings, point to Profile, and then click Options.

  2. In the Options dialog box, click the Regional Settings tab.

  3. (Optional) In the Culture list, click the culture that represents the setting that you want.

  4. (Optional) In the Current time zone list, click the new time zone.

  5. Click OK.

Changing the User Interface Theme

To change the user interface theme to orange and olive

  1. In Team Web Access, point to Settings, point to Profile, and then click Options.

  2. In the Options dialog box, click the Theme Settings tab.

  3. Click the arrow in the Select theme list and then click one of the available themes.

  4. Click OK.

See Also

Concepts

Working with Team Foundation Clients

Other Resources

Managing Work Using Team Web Access