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Description
A widget is a self-contained entity that is designed to work within a workspace.
Usage & Behavior
General guidelines
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Header, which includes:
Widget nametitle, with or without additional information. In some cases, this may be replaced by Tabs. See Internal Logic below (see below).
Widget controls (optional), including Icon Buttons and/or an Action Menu (see below).
A collapse/expand icon to the left of the title (optional).
Content area.
Widget Title
The widget name will be aligned to the left.
Additional information (if exists) will be aligned to the widget name, separated by a line separator.
Where space is constrained, the widget name and the additional information will be truncated. In this case, the full information (both name and additional information) will be presented in a Tooltip.
Widget controls
Includes only actions that are related to the widget (such as expand/collapse, maximize, delete, configure, etc.). Content-related actions will be presented within the content area.
The action area should include up to 3 elements, including:
Icon Buttons, usually used for primary actions.
Action Menu, usually used for secondary actions. Where there are no primary actions, all actions may be presented in the actions menu (without any icon buttons).
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Different content types can be gathered under a single widget, using Tabs. In this case:
The tabs replaces the widget title (and the additional information, if exists).
The action buttons refer to the widget as a whole (and not to each tab individually).
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Placement and Positioning
A widget can be placed anywhere on a page.
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Internal Logic
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Widget Title
The widget name will be aligned to the left.
Additional information (if exists) will be aligned to the widget name, separated by a line separator.
Where space is constrained, the widget name and the additional information will be truncated. In this case, the full information (both name and additional information) will be presented in a Tooltip.
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Widget layout configurations, such as
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size and location,
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will persist per user
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on future sessions.
States
State | Image | ||
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Regular | |||
Hover | Hover- Draggable(when draggable) | ||
A frame will be added as a visual indication for draggabilityActive (relevant for draggable widgets only, while being dragged) | |||
DisabledFocused | TBD - graphic designError |
Edge Cases
State | FocusedImage |
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-Empty state | |
Focused, Hover | - |
Focused, Active | - |
Focused, Disabled | - |
Interaction
(optional) Expand or collapse of a widget can be done by clicking a button in the action buttons area.
The widget will be collapsed and expanded using an animation.
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Interaction
Clicking the collapse/expand icon, will collapse / expand the widget using an animation. In this case the workspace layout may be changed.
Drag :
Hovering over the widget will change switch the widget to the hover -draggable state.
Hovering over the header area (including the handle) will change the mouse cursor to a dragging state.
The user can click-and-hold to drag the widget to a new location . (See Drag and Drop for more information).
A drag handle may also be presented on hover:
(optional) Resize. Hovering over the boundaries of the widget can allow the user to resize it horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
On hover:
The mouse cursor will change to drag horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
The boundary line will be visually presented as resizable.
The hover and resize area should be at list 6 pixels wide.
Click-and-hold while changing the mouse location will resize the widget.
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