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7 </script><link href="../PRODUCT_PLUGIN/book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="css/s60/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"/></head><body onload="initPage();"><div class="body"><div class="contentLeft prTxt"><h1 class="pageHeading" id="GUID-05A1F618-5FB1-4821-8408-A213F38F2EDA">Introduction |
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8 to widgets</h1><div> |
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9 <p>S60 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition, Feature Pack 2 and later support installing |
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10 and running widgets on mobile devices.</p> |
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11 <div><h3>Default behavior of widgets on mobile devices</h3><p>From |
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12 the mobile device user point of view, the appearance and functionality of |
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13 a widget is similar to any other mobile application. Users can download widgets |
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14 to mobile devices in several ways, as a <code>wgz</code> file. The device |
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15 platform takes care of the actual installation process. For more information |
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16 on downloading and installing widgets, see the <a href="GUID-CCA3FA0B-9D75-453A-947C-B3CB2A85C684.html#GUID-DDDC3E75-8875-49D8-A893-43F9A8FBA16F">deployment |
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17 methods table</a>.</p><p>Once a widget has been installed on a mobile device, |
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18 it can be found in the application menu, under the folder that contains installed |
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19 applications. The name of this folder varies between mobile devices, and can |
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20 be <span class="uicontrol">Installations</span> or <span class="uicontrol">Applications</span>, |
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21 for example. A widget has its own icon and name, which are defined in the <a href="GUID-0E3095DB-03FF-4240-83F2-6D876AD2083A.html#GUID-0E3095DB-03FF-4240-83F2-6D876AD2083A">widget component files</a>. |
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22 The user can launch a widget by navigating to it and opening it.</p><p>Widgets |
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23 can have a full screen view and a home screen view. In full screen mode, only |
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24 one widget can be on the <a href="GUID-EAE0823B-5914-49C2-9DBC-15B61DE49E60.html#GUID-EAE0823B-5914-49C2-9DBC-15B61DE49E60">foreground</a> at |
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25 a time. The home screen can display several widgets at a time.</p><div class="figure" id="GUID-86E9DE0E-8447-4A1E-A0A7-5F415232BF3A"><img src="GUID-3DA7780D-3B24-40CF-8896-8FA33B5F87FB_d0e1183_href.png"/><p class="figure-title"><strong>Figure: </strong>A widget in the Installations folder and a widget using the full screen |
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26 of the device</p></div><p>When a widget is running, it is visible in the <strong>Open applications</strong> list. |
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27 To see the list, long-press the menu key.</p><div class="figure" id="GUID-64F1A9DB-F66B-4CF8-9284-781FB82B7917"><img src="GUID-4BDA5932-90A7-4569-ADA7-27E090D2F447_d0e1195_href.png"/><p class="figure-title"><strong>Figure: </strong>A widget in the Open applications list</p></div></div> |
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28 <div><h3>Customization options for the mobile device user</h3><p>Similarly |
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29 to mobile applications, users can also create shortcuts to their widgets. |
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30 They can have widgets in the My Today applications list in the Active Idle, |
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31 which is intended for frequently used applications. From there, the widget |
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32 can be launched by navigating to its icon and selecting it. Users can also |
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33 set widgets to the active idle softkeys, so that they can be launched by pressing |
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34 the left of right softkey. In addition, users can move widgets into folders |
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35 that they have created themselves in the application menu.</p><div class="figure" id="GUID-8B6E5459-336A-47D9-8850-3BBBD094299E"><img src="GUID-AB95A8E1-584D-4A58-9500-FD578F91B1BB_d0e1208_href.png"/><p class="figure-title"><strong>Figure: </strong>A widget in Active Idle</p></div></div> |
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36 <div><h3>Adding widgets to the home screen</h3><p>Users can add |
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37 widgets to the home screen on <a href="GUID-1A3ECAC1-3F09-4602-A1CD-82164040A664.html#GUID-1A3ECAC1-3F09-4602-A1CD-82164040A664">compatible |
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38 devices</a>. Users cannot interact with a widget in home screen view. It |
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39 is a graphical representation of the widget that is for data display only. |
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40 The mobile device user must access the full screen view to make selections, |
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41 request specific data, and so on. For example, if a weather widget is added |
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42 to the home screen, the mobile device user must open it in full screen view |
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43 to change the location for local weather. For more information, see <a href="GUID-DA3E6868-F769-4576-A0C3-6776BF358B44.html#GUID-DA3E6868-F769-4576-A0C3-6776BF358B44">Introduction to home screen widgets</a>.</p><div class="figure" id="GUID-E38EBDE1-C97B-4A74-8E72-B59B71B46D5B"><img src="GUID-2A567315-DB83-4876-8E78-C3F1944CAB89_d0e1228_href.png"/><p class="figure-title"><strong>Figure: </strong>Widgets on the home screen</p></div></div> |
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