Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
- noun An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
- noun An element of a GUI, such as a text box or button, that displays information or settings that can be entered or altered by the user.
- noun A program that performs some simple function, such as providing a weather report or stock quote, and can be accessed from a computer desktop, webpage, mobile phone or subscription television service.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing, graphical user interface Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
- noun A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured
good orproduct . - noun Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
- noun A
floating widget or other device inside abeer can, meant to create foam when opened - noun A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I can't get the label widget to show up either, and haven't braved the task of wrecking and rebuilding my template to see if that will allow me to show off a list of labels in the nav, which basically trumps Previous Posts in terms of pure browsing pleasure anyway.
Archive 2007-01-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2007
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I can't get the label widget to show up either, and haven't braved the task of wrecking and rebuilding my template to see if that will allow me to show off a list of labels in the nav, which basically trumps Previous Posts in terms of pure browsing pleasure anyway.
Blogger Ate My Homework Jeremiah McNichols 2007
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In Speculationism the term widget can, in the new textbooks, apply equally well to the things produced and the means of producing them.
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Calling show () draws the label widget's window on the screen.
Harsh J 2009
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To demonstrate this, let's create another label widget by adding the following code in the GWTTrainingWidgets. java file: Label label2 = new Label (\ "Where Advanced Learning Begins\"); RootPanel. get (). add (label2); label2 also has the same appearance as the first label because it also inherits from. gwt - Label CSS name.
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The label widget CSS is. gwt-Label {} Add the following to the / war / GWTTraining. css to change the appearance of the label widget:. gwt-Label {background-color: silver; color: green; text-align-center; border-style: groove; border-width: thick; border-color: navy;}
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To demonstrate this, let's create another label widget by adding the following code in the GWTTrainingWidgets. java file: Label label2 = new Label (\ "Where Advanced Learning Begins\"); RootPanel. get (). add (label2); label2 also has the same appearance as the first label because it also inherits from. gwt - Label CSS name.
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This widget is also an excellent replacement for your book-cover image on your website or blog.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Take Five Interview: Vikram Narayan, CEO of BookBuzzr 2009
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At about three inches, the widget is the perfect baitfish size, and the little wings it has to keep it upright in the bottle make it spin and flutter in the water.
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Kaj Häggman commented that a widget is a very personal thing and there is a possibility to put an ad in that space that is not intrusive.
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