The AdapTable Tool Panel is designed for situations when screen estate is limited and the Dashboard is too 'bulky'.
It is a standard ag-Grid Custom Tool Panel Component with one control to map each Dashboard Toolbar.
 
You can set with Tool Panel elememt are availalbe and which are visible through Tool Panel state (again similar to how the Dashboard works).
In this example we have set the Dashboard to hidden and set the Toolpanel to show on open. You can 'restore' the Dashboard via the dropdown in the 'Dashboard' Toolbar control.