The General Tab

You can use the fields on this tab to specify general information about the widget.

The General tab contains the following fields:

Title (plain text)

The title of the widget

View (pick value from list, default=Default)

Select the view you require. The following views are available for this widget:

Default

The default HTML view.

Master section unique name (plain text)

This field is deprecated. Please use the collection field to select master section unique name

Master section (collection)

The unique name of the master template to be used. Widgets from the master template you select are inserted into the current template in the location occupied by this Master widget.

You can select the name of any master template defined in the blueprint or legacy publication you are creating the widget from.

It is possible to set up a master template switching mechanism that allows the master template to be selected by editorial staff using a section page group option. If this mechanism is used, then the value specified here is only used as a fallback setting. To set up master template switching you have to specify a value in the Master group name field (among other things).

Master group name (plain text)

The name (and optionally, the index) of a section page group containing a master template switching option. If a group name is specified, then the widget will look for a group with the specified name on any section page where it is used. If there is such a group and it has an option called masterconfig and this value contains any value other than the special keyword auto, then the widget will use the master template specified by that option rather than the master template specified in this widget's Master section unique name field.

If you only specify a group name, then the widget will use the first group on the section page that has the specified name. You can, however force the widget to look further by specifying an index as well. You must then separate the group name and index with a hyphen. A value of myGroup-3, for example, specifies the third group in the section page with the name myGroup.

For a detailed description of how to set up master template switching, see the Widget Framework User Guide.