Links widget

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.

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.

Select how the widget displays links. Each display option has additional settings associated with it. Options include:

• Default

• • Number of columns
  • Number of results
    
    
• Individual

• • Select A View
  • Arrow style
  • Bar style
  • Bar color
  • Link title color
  • Line between links
  • Number of columns
  • Number of results

     

• Group

• • Enable accordions
  • Arrow style
  • Bar style
  • Bar color
  • Group title color
  • Link title color
  • Line between links

This option is only available if the Layout is Individual or Group.

Select how the widget displays links. Options include:

• List: Displays links as basic text.
• Bar: Displays links with a customizable background or outline color.

Add links to the widget by entering a Link title and associated URL. A link title can contain up to 140 characters, while a URL can contain up to 250 characters.

• Entering a URL without an associated link title will result in the Links widget displaying the URL.
• Entering a link title without a valid URL will add an inactive link to the Links widget. 

To add a link from the digital workplace: 

1. In Community URL Search, enter a search term and select a result from the list. 

To add an external link:

1. (Optional) Select Add Link if you need an additional link. 
2. Enter the following: 
   • Link title: Enter the title to display to users. 
   • URL: Enter the URL of the link. 
   • Open in a new tab: Select the checkbox next to a link to open the link in a new tab.
3. (Optional) Select and drag the menu icon next to a link to reorder links.
4. (Optional) Select the X next to a link to remove that link from the widget.

This option is only available if the Layout is Group.

To add a group:

1. Select Add Group to create groups to which links can be added.
2. In Group title, enter a descriptive name for the group.

To delete a group:

1. Beside the group title, select   to expand the group and select Delete Group. Deleting a group of links will also delete all the links in that group.

Links cannot be moved between groups.

Select whether links will have a navigational cue. Options include:

• None
• Arrow
• Chevron
• Filled chevron

(Individual or Group Layout with Bar View only) Select whether the bar contains a colored Outline or Fill.

(Individual or Group Layout with Bar View only) Select the color used by Bar style. Link text color will automatically change between white and black to improve contrast.

(Group Layout only) Select whether users can toggle whether a group shows or hides its links.

(Group Layout only) Select the color used for the group title text. Use the default color or enter a custom color. For example, in hexadecimal code: #99FF33.

(Individual or Group Layout only) Select what color is used for the link text. Use the default color, or enter a custom color. For example, in hexadecimal code: #99FF33.

(Individual or Group Layout with List View only) Select whether a line appears between links.

(Default or Individual Layout with Bar View only) Select how many columns links will span. If the widget is in a narrow side column, avoid having multiple.

Selecting a value other than 1 will remove the Number of results option.

(Default or Individual Layout only) Enter the number of links to display initially. Users must select More to see the additional links if this value is less than the number of links.

This option is not displayed when the Number of columns is greater than 1.

• 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.