The Groups widget displays a list of groups a member belongs to. It is available on the Member Profile page template.

• Layout
• Configuration
• List Style
• Card Size
• Card Text Alignment
• Widget Title
• Sort by
• Item Elements
• Number of places and category children
• More Options

Layout

There layouts available in this widget are List and Card.

The List style creates a text list of items, including their titles, descriptions, number of posts, and other information that can be configured in the List Item Elements section of the settings area.

 

The Card layout displays a larger image for each Group with any of the elements you choose to include.

Configuration

List Style

The List Style selector enables you to change the overall style of the list and how its items appear in the widget.

• Space: Uses whitespace to create space between items.
• Divide: Adds a horizontal line to divide items.
• Border: Creates a border that separates items into individual boxes.

Card Size

The Card Size section enables you to select between Large and Medium card sizes. Larger cards have a prominent avatar, which takes up most of the card's space. The card also presents wider, allowing fewer to appear in a single horizontal row than the Medium cards.

Card Text Alignment

The Card Text Alignment option aligns all of the text to the left, center, or right within the card. 

Widget Title

The Widget Title sets the title that appears at the top of the widget. If the Visible Only to Screen Readers toggle is active, the title remains hidden from most visitors; however, the title information is still relayed to visitors using screen readers.

Sort by

The Sort by drop-down menu enables you to sort groups that appear in the widget by selected criteria. Select among the following:

• Name
• Oldest
• Newest
• Latest Activity
• Member Count

Item Elements

The Item Elements area of the widget settings determine what information about each group is shared in the widget.

Here is a list of elements that can be shown or hidden in the List layout:

• Description
• Lock Icon (Closed, hidden, and read-only)
• Most recent activity timestamp
• Member Count
• Post Count
• Unread post count

You can also decide which element to lead with. The selected element appears on the left side of each item. These options include:

• Avatar
• Icon
• None

Here is a list of elements that can be shown or hidden in the Card layout:

• Avatar
• Description
• Group type
• Most recent activity timestamp
• Post Count
• Unread post count

For both layout styles, you can also set the maximum number of lines of descriptive text to display for each item.

Number of places and category children

• Use the Number of places slider to designate the total number of places shown on the widget.
• Use the Number of category children slider to designate the total number of category children to be displayed on the widget.

More Options

Additional configuration options for the widget appear in the More Options section.

• Hide if empty: Prevents any group that has no posts from appearing in the widget.
• Include "Show More" links: Creates a Show More link if there are more places than designated on the Number of places slider.
• Optimize page-load time uses lazy loading to load images as the member scrolls down the page.