Can I reuse a sidebar panel for the same widget action?
You can set a preference in a widget's XML to define whether a new sidebar panel is opened for each widget action or whether the same sidebar panel is reopened and overwritten for each action initiated by that widget.

Can I hide a widget thumbnail?
You can control whether a widget's thumbnail is visible in the My Widgets sidebar panel.

Can I set an overall default double-click action?
You can set a default double-click action to open widgets in the sidebar, a new window, a float window, or a tab. The default does not impact widgets that have a predetermined double-click action defined in their XML. The supplied default is New Window.

Can I specify a custom widget icon?
Power users and administrators can add an attribute to the palleteItem element in a widget's extension.xml definition to specify a custom icon to use in the sidebar view/title bar.

Can I install a widget from a .zip file?
Users can install a widget that is supplied to them as a .zip file.

Related concepts
Advanced Widgets and Live Text topics - Power users or application developers

Related tasks
Can I reuse a sidebar panel for the same widget action?
Can I hide a widget thumbnail?
Can I set an overall default double-click action?
Can I specify a custom widget icon?
Can I install a widget from a .zip file?

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