Channel Navigator Widget
The Channel Navigator Widget will display a list of entities taken from the channel definition for the selected channel.
Navigation
The Channel Navigator widget is used to set context for other widgets. You can click on the red circle in the upper left corner to change the context channel that will receive the channel as context.
At the top of the widget you will see select a channel. Clicking on the displayed channel will open up a list of channels that can be used to set context with this widget.
Clicking directly on the channel name will replace the current channel context for the colored context channel that has been selected.
Common Widget Navigation
All widgets share a specific set of navigation capabilities contained in the widget navigation bar.
Context Channel Indicator
The colored circle in the left corner of the navigation bar is used to designate which Context Channel is being updated for the widget. Each color is a different context channel.
Clicking on the channel indicator will open up the menu for all of the available context channels.
You can switch which context channel the widget is using by selecting the desired color representing that context channel.
Language Menu
Click on to open up the language selection menu.
The default setting is to Use user languages which will use your profile settings for the languages to be included in the widget. You can change that by un-checking the Use user languages and the selecting the specific languages that you want to include.
Workflow Menu
The Workflow Menu can be opened by clicking on .
The menu will list all of the workflows your account is authorized to use. You can set a workflow to use with the news widget. Once selected, the worflow will be added to each of the article cards.
Note
- This will not add the workflow to the context, just to the article card. You can add the workflow to the context by clicking on it in the article card where it appears.
- You can use a different workflow for context and within the article card. This allows you to use a double workflow use case.
- You can add multiple worflows to the news widget and they will all be added to the article card
Context Section
In the middle of the widget navigation bar is the widget context area.
The widget context area will display the current context for the widget. Possible components of the context are:
Whan an element of the context has a in the upper left corner of the element name. In order to exclude the element, click on the name and select Exclude from context from the drop down menu.
The element name will be updated to have a to indicate that it is being excluded from the context.
Context Usage
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