A method for quick navigation in a user interface for monitoring and controlling a machine or a plant for manufacturing a product of thermoplastic, the plant or machine having an extruder for plastification of a thermoplastic, the user interface having a plurality of operating pages,
- the method including the following steps:
- a user enters an input signal, via an input interface, for navigating through the user interface of the machine or plant, the input interface having a touch screen,
- wherein
- the input signal is linked, in a database, to an operating page via a linkage individually stored by the user,
- and the user interface directly changes to the linked operating page when the input signal is entered.