WIDGETS AND LIVE TEXT

Can I specify a custom widget icon?
Power users and administrators can add an attribute to the palleteItem element in a widget's extension.xml definition to specify a custom icon to use in the sidebar view/title bar.

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The viewImageURL attribute value in the widget's extension.xml file must contain a URL to the desired image, for example:

viewImageUrl="http://my.server.com/myImage.ico"

Example widget XML syntax is shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><webcontextConfiguration version="1.1">palleteItem allowMutlipleSidebars="true" contributeToSideshelfOnStartup="false" id="1140471160" viewImageUrl="http://my.server.com/myImage.ico" imageUrl="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" providerId="com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.web.provider.WebServicesPalleteProvider" title="rg - Google Search" url="http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=rg&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=a048890d3c90c6fc"> <preferences> <preference name="q">value>rg</value>displayName>q</displayName>enumValues/>enumDisplayValues/>datatype></datatype>isEnum>false</isEnum>isRequired>true</isRequired>isHidden>false</isHidden>/preference>/preferences>data>authForm/>/data>/palleteItem>/webcontextConfiguration>

See Tech Note 1399534 "Adding a widget custom double-click action" for information about customizing an individual widget's double-click action.

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