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Technology Brief
Mac OS X: Dashboard
Mac OS X: Dashboard
The process of assembling the four files into a widget is very straightforward: Create
a new directory, copy or move the files inside, and add the extension .wdgt to its name.
This extension signals Mac OS X Tiger to treat the widget as a bundle. In the widget
bundle shown below, the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS have been divided into three
separate files to simplify debugging and localization.
a new directory, copy or move the files inside, and add the extension .wdgt to its name.
This extension signals Mac OS X Tiger to treat the widget as a bundle. In the widget
bundle shown below, the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS have been divided into three
separate files to simplify debugging and localization.
A widget is simply a directory with a .wdgt extension containing an image file, icon, plist,
and one or more files containing the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS that implement the function
of the widget.
and one or more files containing the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS that implement the function
of the widget.
Learn More About Dashboard
A number of resources are available to help you learn more about Dashboard. To learn
more about the features of Dashboard and the Dashboard widgets included in Mac
OS X Tiger, visit www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/dashboard.html, Mac Help in Tiger, and
Apple’s Support website at www.apple.com/support.
more about the features of Dashboard and the Dashboard widgets included in Mac
OS X Tiger, visit www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/dashboard.html, Mac Help in Tiger, and
Apple’s Support website at www.apple.com/support.
To learn more about how to create a widget, visit the Apple Developer website at
developer.apple.com. You can also find developer tech notes at developer.apple.com/
technicalnotes. In addition, Mac OS X Tiger comes with full developer documentation,
including information about Dashboard, WebKit, and Tiger technologies like Quartz and
Core Image, as well as Xcode and the rest of the Tiger Software Development Kit (SDK).
developer.apple.com. You can also find developer tech notes at developer.apple.com/
technicalnotes. In addition, Mac OS X Tiger comes with full developer documentation,
including information about Dashboard, WebKit, and Tiger technologies like Quartz and
Core Image, as well as Xcode and the rest of the Tiger Software Development Kit (SDK).
If you’d like to communicate with other widget developers to ask questions or learn
more, you’re encouraged to participate in the Dashboard developer mailing list. Send
email to Dashboard-dev@group.apple.com to join the list.
more, you’re encouraged to participate in the Dashboard developer mailing list. Send
email to Dashboard-dev@group.apple.com to join the list.
Many excellent references are available on the Internet that describe the standards-
based technologies used in Dashboard. To learn more about HTML, visit www.w3.org/
MarkUp. To learn more about JavaScript, visit www.mozilla.org/js/language. To learn
more about CSS, visit www.w3.org/Style/CSS.
based technologies used in Dashboard. To learn more about HTML, visit www.w3.org/
MarkUp. To learn more about JavaScript, visit www.mozilla.org/js/language. To learn
more about CSS, visit www.w3.org/Style/CSS.