Create a composite from a page or widget

You are not forced to create a composite widget from scratch. You can also create a composite widget from a page and reuse that page as a composite widget in other pages, or from an existing widget and reuse it as a composite widget.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Create custom widget properties
Create a composite from a page or widget
Delete a composite widget

Create a composite widget from a page

  1. In Mashup Builder, select a page, for example /search, and select the Design view.
  2. From the page editing tools, select Use for composite widget.
  3. In the Widgets properties panel:
    1. Fill in the Name field, for example MyWidget.
    2. Enter a description (optional).
    3. For Feeds, define how the widget supports feeds by selecting a cardinality, for example ONE.
    4. Select the platforms for which the composite widget will be available, for example WEB.
    5. For Enclosing tag, select the type of enclosing tag used by the widget, for example div.
  4. If necessary, add widget properties to your composite widget.
  5. Click Save.

Create a composite widget from a widget

  1. In Mashup Builder, select a page, for example /search, and select the Design view.
  2. From the widget header, click the edit widget properties icon, and choose Use for Composite Widget.
  3. In the Widgets properties panel:
    1. Fill in the Name field, for example MyWidget.
    2. Enter a description (optional).
    3. For Feeds, define how the widget supports feeds by selecting a cardinality, for example ONE.
    4. Select the platforms for which the composite widget will be available, for example WEB.
    5. For Enclosing tag, select the type of enclosing tag used by the widget, for example div.
  4. If necessary, add widget properties to your composite widget.
  5. Click Save.