A widget is a special interactive block wherein a guest can see various information that is updated automatically. For example, a weather widget, a ski slope operation widget, a nearby airport schedule widget, etc. The “Widget” element is available only for the “Metro Style” menu type (for more details see the “Metro style block constructor”)

To add a new widget, you must click the «Add Widget» button in the Main Menu of the application editing:

Add widget button

The following display will open:

Form for adding a widget to the list

You can enter «Title» field.

A widget can have its own icon (a small graphic element), which you can choose from the “Icon” dropdown list:

Selection of an icon for a widget

The set of icons is pre-installed. If you want to change the list of icons, please contact the developers of the System.

Select from the «Display Group» and» Display on device» drop-down lists a group for the widget to be placed into, and the types of devices for the widget to be displayed on.

To upload the image file for a widget, click in the «Image Tile» field the «Select file…» button, specify the location of the image file on the hard disk of the computer or on removable media, then click on the «Open» button.

The system supports the following image formats: PNG and JPG.

The minimum image size in pixels will be specified in the «Minimal dimension requirements» field

It is not recommended to use very large files to avoid increasing the time of uploading images.

From the «Type» dropdown list, select the type of added widget, for example, airport schedule widget:

Selection of an icon for a widget

If the «Airport Schedule» type widget has been selected, then the «Airport (s)» field will appear below, so click the button

and start entering the airport code in the opened editable field. Select the required airport from the list suggested by the System, for example:

Selection of an airport