Spaces widget

The Spaces widget provides a way for people to navigate to selected spaces in your digital workplace. The workplace administrator can select what spaces are displayed in the Spaces widget. If the space has a description, it can be displayed in the Spaces widget. Selected spaces are displayed in alphabetical order.

The Space widget on a page.

Sections in this article:

Access and content visibility

This widget will display names and descriptions of selected spaces. However, users will only see spaces that they have at least Read access to

Set up

Follow these steps to set up this widget:

  1. Place a  Spaces widget on a page, space, or dashboard. For more information, see Placing and setting up a widget. 
  2. Select the placed widget's Edit button.
  3. Review and make changes to the settings on the Options, Layout, and Appearance tabs. You can find details about the widget's settings in the Settings section below.
  4. In the widget editor, select Update to apply your changes or Cancel to discard them.  
  5. At the bottom of your page, space, or dashboard, select Publish or Save as Draft to save your changes.

Settings

Setting Description
Title Enter a title for the widget. The title appears as a heading above the widget's contents. You should use the title to provide context to the widget and better structure a page's content by clearly denoting different sections.

When entering a title, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select  Translation and enter a title for each supported language.  

This field can contain a maximum of 140 characters.
Description

Enter a description for the widget. The description appears between the title and the widget's contents. You can use this text to provide information to users about the widget.

When entering a description, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select  Translation and enter a description for each supported language.
Spaces to display Select which spaces to display in the widget.
Options tab
Setting Description
Truncate title at Enter how many characters of a space's title to display.
Truncate description at Enter how many characters of a space's description to display.
Show Description Select to display a space's description below its link.
Layout tab
Setting Description
Class Enter CSS class selectors to provide additional styling to the widget. For more information, see Applying custom CSS to widgets.
Height Select the height of the widget. Options include:
  • Auto:The leftmost slider position. The height of the widget will increase and decrease to contain what it is displaying.
  • Fixed: Select a fixed height between 50px to 600px in increments of 50px. A vertical scrollbar will appear on the widget if the content exceeds this fixed value.
Appearance tab

Note

Your digital workplace's theme overwrites many of the settings on the Appearance tab. However, the settings listed above are usable.