The Ideas widget provides a list of ideas in the related Ideas board. It is available on the Ideas Dashboard and Idea page templates.

• Layout
• Detailed List
• List
• Card
• Configuration Options
• List style
• Content alignment
• Title
• Number of items
• Sorts and filters
• List item/Card elements
• Lines of preview text to display
• More options

Layout

The layout options available for the Ideas widget are Detailed List, List, and Card.

 

From the Edit Widget panel, select any of these options to change the layout of the selected type. Each layout has its own set of options.

Detailed List

The Detailed List layout features a smaller thumbnail accompanied by each idea's title, chosen elements, and content preview.

List

On the List layout, each idea is displayed in a list with its title and chosen elements.

Card

With the Card layout, each idea is displayed on a tile with its title, all chosen elements, and content preview.

Configuration Options

List style

The available options in the List style section for the Detailed List and List layouts include:

• 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.

Content alignment

When you select the Layout of Card, you can also choose whether to align the card content to the left or center.

Title

The Title sets the title that appears at the top of the widget. If the Visible only to screen readers toggle is turned on, it is relayed only to visitors using screen readers.

Number of items

Use the slider to indicate how many Ideas (up to 20) can be displayed on the widget.

Sorts and filters

The Show filter and sort controls option enables the community member to filter the list of ideas by status and tag.

In the Sorts and filters area, if you selected Detailed List for the Layout of the widget, you have the option to add multiple sorts and filters that appear on tabs or drop-down menus at the top of the list. Community members can click these to sort and filter ideas as desired. Click Add and select the ones you want to use.

 

If you selected List or Card for the Layout, you have the option to select a single sort or filter option to organize the Ideas in the widget.

Sorting options:

• Most Comments
• Most Recent
• Most Views
• Most Votes
• Newest
• Trending (combination of recency and number of votes)

Status set filters:

• New
• In Progress
• On Hold
• Completed
• Closed

The sort order for the status sets is always Most Recent.

List item/Card elements

Elements are additional pieces of information that you can turn on to be displayed in the widget. The list of available elements changes depending on which layout you've selected:

• Author
• Author rank
• Comments/reply count
• Idea Status
• Preview image
• Preview text
• Tags
• Timestamp
• Unread count
• View count

 

Detailed List and List layouts have an additional Lead with menu. Select an option that designates what to show along with the idea in the widget:

• the idea author's Avatar
• the content type Icon
• None

The Detailed List and Card layouts have an additional Vote display menu. Select an option from among:

• Vote on Ideas: With this option enabled, members can vote on ideas directly on the Ideas widget.
• Show Count Only: With this option enabled, members see only the count of votes on an idea.
• None

Lines of preview text to display

The Lines of preview text to display slider gives you control over how many lines of text from the Idea are displayed along with the Idea in the widget. After the set number of lines, an ellipsis (...) is used.

More options

Additional configuration options for the widget appear in the More options section:

• Hide if empty: Prevents boards that have no ideas on them from appearing in the widget.
• Include “Show More” link: Creates a Show More link if more Ideas are available than the number designated on the Number of items slider.
• Optimize page-load time: Optimize the page's load time using a lazy load method. Widgets only appear as the member scrolls down the page, shortening the time to render the page.