# Work with views

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You can store the current size and position of the windows from one or more screens on a [view button](/grandma2/key_widget_view_buttons/) or in the [view pool](#).

You can call them later even if you moved or deleted a window.

To export or import stored view, see [import user profiles](/grandma2/key_ei_import_gui/) or [export user profiles](https://help.malighting.com/grandMA2/en/help/a4d582c3-5638-4573-b9e9-20ead78a4386.html).

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## []()The view pool

All views are stored in the view pool for the current user profile. Assigned views to a view button or an a X-key will be automatically stored on the next empty tile in the view pool.

![](/img/grandma2/window_view-pool_v3-2-76cba0.png)

_View pool_

To get an overview about all stored views, open the view pool.

- Tap in the user defined area, tap at the Pools tab and tap at Views.

The view pool is open.

For more information about colors in the pools, see [system colors](/grandma2/key_ws_colors_system/).

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## Store custom views in the view pool

**Requirement:**\
\- A created view on a screen that you like to store. For more information, see [Mange windows](/grandma2/key_windows/).\
\- An open [view pool](<#View Pool>).

1. Press Store and then tap on a empty tile in the view pool.\
   The Store View Options pop-up opens.

   ![](/img/grandma2/popup_store-view-options_v3_2_-445356.png)

   _Store View Options pop-up_
2. Type the view name in the green edit line.
3. Tap at the screens you want to store or if you want to store all screens tap All.
4. Tap Please.

The view is store in the view pool.

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## Assign views on a view button

**Requirement:**\
A created view on a screen that you like to store. For more information, see [Mange windows](/grandma2/key_windows/).

1. Press Store .
2. Press either a [V-key](/grandma2/key_key_v1-v10/) or a [X-key](/grandma2/key_key_xkey/), or tap a [view button](/grandma2/key_widget_view_buttons/).
3. The Store View Options pop-up opens.

   ![](/img/grandma2/popup_store-view-options_v3_2_-445356.png)

   _Store View Options pop-up_
4. Type the view name in the green edit line.
5. Tap at the screens you want to store or if you want to store all screens tap All.
6. Tap Please.

The view is assigned to the view button and stored in the view pool on the next empty tile.

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## Call views

**Requirement:** A stored view.

- If the view is stored in the [view pool](<#View Pool>), tap on the tile in the view pool.
- If the view is assigned to a [view button](/grandma2/key_widget_view_buttons/), tap on the view button or press the respective [V-key](/grandma2/key_key_v1-v10/) or [X-key](/grandma2/key_key_xkey/).

The stored view is called.

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## Delete views from view buttons

- Press Delete and tap on the view button or press the respective [V-key](/grandma2/key_key_v1-v10/) or [X-key](/grandma2/key_key_xkey/).

The view is deleted from the view button but still stored in the [view pool](<#View Pool>).

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## To delete views from the view pool

**Requirement:** Open [view pool](<#View Pool>).

- Press Delete and then tap on the view tile in the view pool.

The view is deleted from the view pool and from all assigned [view buttons](/grandma2/key_widget_view_buttons/).