How do I browse the widgets catalog?

You can browse the catalog to view and optionally add widgets to your My Widgets sidebar panel.

Procedure

Click the Browse the Widget Catalog button in the My Widgets sidebar panel toolbar.
This action opens the widget catalog specified in policy or preferences. You can browse this catalog by preset views such All Widgets, By Author, or By Category. To add an individual widget from the catalog:
  • From a classic catalog view, drag the widget document from the catalog view or open the widget document and drag its extension.xml attachment to your My Widgets sidebar panel.
  • From the XPage catalog view, open a widget and drag the install icon to your My Widgets sidebar panel.
The Tools > Install this Widget action provides an alternate way to install a widget when focus is in a classic catalog view or in an open widget document.

To manually update the widgets in your My Widgets sidebar panel, click Catalog > Update Widgets from the My Widgets options menu. Otherwise, they will be updated automatically on a scheduled basis.

Note: To add a category of widgets to your My Widgets sidebar panel, click Catalog > Preferences from your My Widgets options menu, check the categories that you want to install, click Apply and then click OK.