Questions tagged [widget]

A widget is an element of a user interface (GUI widget) or a self-contained (usually small) software application (desktop widget). In computing , an application, or a component of an interface, that enables a user to perform a function or access a service.

A widget is a relatively small-scale, typically easy to use, software application or component made for one or more different software platforms or contexts.

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Any widget displays an information arrangement changeable by the user, such as a window or a text box. The defining characteristic of a widget is to provide a single interaction point for the direct manipulation of a given kind of data. In other words, widgets are basic visual building blocks which, combined in an application, hold all the data processed by the application and the available interactions on this data.

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Resizing an iframe based on content

I am working on an iGoogle-like application. Content from other applications (on other domains) is shown using iframes. How do I resize the iframes to fit the height of the iframes' content? I've tried to decipher the javascript Google uses but…
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Textarea that can do syntax highlighting on the fly?

I am storing a number of HTML blocks inside a CMS for reasons of easier maintenance. They are represented by