My Contacts widget

The My Contacts widget displays a list of your contacts in the digital workplace. Within each member's profile is an option to add them as a contact. Once someone becomes a contact, they are displayed in a list on your profile. You can use a My Contacts widget to access your list of contacts from another page or space in the workplace. 

The contact widget on a page in list layout.

Sections in this article:

Set up

Follow these steps to set up this widget:

  1. Place a My Contacts widget on a page, space, or dashboard. 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.
Title link Select to make the widget's title a link. When selected, users can select the title to go to their Contacts page.
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 users with information 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.
Sort options

Select how contacts are ordered in the widget. Options include:

  • Last Name
  • Online Status
Number of results

Enter the maximum number of contacts to display initially. The value must be between 1 and 99.

If there are additional items to display, users can select the View All link at the bottom of the list to go to their Contacts page.

The default value is 10. 
Options tab
Setting Description
Choose a Layout

Select how users are displayed in the widget. Options include:

  • List: Displays a user's profile image, name, Send Message link, and Remove Contact link. Contacts are displayed in a stacked list.
  • Tile: Displays a user's profile image and name. Contacts are displayed as tiles.
  • Compact: Similar to Tile, but reduced in size.
  • Thumbnail: Displays a user's profile image. Contacts are displayed as a grid of profile images.
Customize Your Layout

Only available if Choose a Layout is Thumbnail.

Select which size of thumbnails to display. Options include:

  • 32 x 32
  • 48 x 48
  • 64 x 64
Layout tab
Setting Description
Class Enter CSS class selectors to provide additional styling to the widget. See Applying custom CSS to widgets.
Height

Select the height of the widget. Options include:

  • Auto: The leftmost slider position. The widget's height will increase and decrease to contain what it displays.
  • Fixed: Select a fixed height between 50px and 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.