widgets

How do I list all Entries with a certain tag in Wordpress?

I may just be missing this functionality, but does anyone know if there is a widget available: I need to list the subject for all the entries that are associated with a given tag. For example: I have 5 articles tagged with "Tutorial", I'd like to see a list as follows: Tutorial 1 - Installing the app Tutorial 2 - Customizing Tutorial ...

How do you add a JavaScript widget to a Wordpress.com hosted blog?

I've got a site that provides blog-friendly widgets via JavaScript. These work fine in most circumstances, including self-hosted Wordpress blogs. With blogs hosted at Wordpress.com, however, JavaScript isn't allowed in sidebar text modules. Has anyone seen a workaround for this limitation? ...

Designing a Yahoo Pipes inspired interface

I really like the interface for Yahoo Pipes (http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/) and would like to create a similar interface for a different problem. Are there any libraries that would allow me to create an interface with the same basic look and feel? I especially like how the pipes behave and how they are not just straight lines. Edit: T...

Are iframes a terrible idea?

I'm building a widget, and I've been using iframes to present content within it. At some point, I might start serving third party HTML and JS, so I thought iframes would be a good idea. It does make the widget javascript a little more complicated, and I'm concerned that this might not be the best implementation. Do you have any advice...

Create a small 'window-form' application that runs anywhere

I work in the embedded world, using mainly C and no GUI at all (because there is no display screen). Moving over to the non-embedded world, in which I have nearly no experience, what is the best programming environment (langauge/IDE/etc) for me to build a simple window-form application that will run on all the common platforms: windows/...

SVG rendering in a PyGame application

In a pyGame application, I would like to render resolution-free GUI widgets described in SVG. What tool and/or library can I use to reach this goal ? (I like the OCEMP GUI toolkit but it seems to be bitmap dependent for its rendering) ...

Python desktop widgets

I'm interested in making desktop widgets, similar to Apple's Dashboard or what Vista has. I'd like to make them cross-platform, if possible. Opera's widgets are cross-platform but require the user to have Opera installed, so that's a big limitation. I know most widgets are made with HTML/XML, CSS, and Javascript. Is there a way to creat...

SWT Link flickers with gradient background

I'm developing a an eclipse plugin that uses an SWT interface. I need to display text, and within that text there needs to be links. The only two widgets that I've found that will allow me to include clickable links in text are Link and Browser. Browser, however, is overkill for my needs, and I couldn't properly customize the look of ...

Help with <key> event in python Entry widget

Hey, I'm writing some code in python and I'm having trouble when trying to retrieve content of an Entry widget. The thing is: I want to limit the characters that can be typed, so I'm trying to clear the Entry widget when I reach the specific number of characters (2 in this case), but it looks like I always miss the last typed character....

GWT FileUpload initial path

Is there a way to set the initial path for the FileUpload widget in GWT. So the next time the user presses the browse button he is put to the location he has been the last time (if existent). ...

How can I format text in GWT label widget

I would like to break a long line of text assigned to the standard Label widget in GWT. I was experimenting with inline <br /> elements but with no success. Something like this: label = "My very very very long<br />long long text" ...

GWT paging widget

I'm looking for a GWT common purpose paging widget. So far I have found GWT widget library and the Google Incubator widgets. Is there any other free (possibly open source) widget library implementing a paging behavior. ...

Looking for a good treeview widget for Scriptaculous

Is anyone using a good Treeview widget for Prototype or Scriptaculous? If so, why did you choose this one? It has to support dynamically generated data, and drag'n'drop. Note: I found TafelTree, which looks nice. Anyone has worked with it? Thanks! ...

Is there a good embeddable code widget for blogs

My co-founder is currently asking on our blog for an embeddable code widget. http://devver.net/blog/2008/10/someone-please-build-an-awesome-embeddable-code-widget/ Basically we want something like http://pastie.org/ or http://codepad.org/ but we really want to embed the code section in our blog. We know there are plugins for common blo...

UI and platform choices for developing desktop widgets

I've been asked to build 'widgets' that let users of a web application install a desktop, or web-based widget which will provide: Notifications of new content. Personalized access to key performance indicators I'm looking for some information to inform our requirements and design discussions. On the desktop you can target the Vista ...

Are ASP.NET Web Parts a viable technology for implementing a portal architecture

Web parts seem to be used extensively in Sharepoint related development, but examples of using them in asp.net webforms applications are few and far between. I'm implementing a domain specific portal framework and like the "widgetlike" functionality in iGoogle or pageflakes and would like to get that kind of feature in my application. ...

Is it possible to render web content over a clear background using WebKit?

I'm trying to gauge the possibility of a patch to WebKit which would allow all rendered graphics to be rendered onto a fully transparent background. The desired effect is to render web content without any background at all, it should appear to float over the desktop (or whatever is displayed behind the browser window). Has anyone seen ...

Looking for recommendations on open-source Java instrument visualization components

I am putting together an Java application that needs to display some basic lab instrument components. For example, I'd like to display: a strip chart, oscilloscope-style trace, and a panel meter (galvanometer needle). Rendering requirements are open (as long as the engine is free and generally available). Any suggestions? ...

Any good Java Swing Timeline Widget?

Is anybody aware of a good Java Swing Timeline Widget with features comparable to the Janus Winforms timeline component? ...

Problem implementing Paul Johnson's Web Widget code, it works in VS 2008 but not in deployment to IIS 6.0

Using the instructions from Paul Johnson's Web Widgets page I created my own custom widget. However because I was deploying to IIS 6.0 I utilized the web.config change recommended to render the page since the IIS 7.0 configuration management option was not available in IIS 6.0. The widget renders correctly when debugging with VS 2008. ...