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DK_100032448-Gravel
8-Gravel
January 4, 2024
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Custom Widget - How to create Custom Dialog for custom widget?

  • January 4, 2024
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I couldn't find any documentation regarding how to use custom dialog when developing custom widgets from any of these documentations. Are there any documentation for custom dialogs?

 

taken from thingworx_extension_development_user_guide.pdf 

  • customEditor – the name of the custom editor dialog to use for entering and editing the widget configuration. The system assumes there is a dialog named you created TW.IDE.Dialogs..
  • customEditorMenuText - The text that appears on the flyout menu of the widget and the hover over text for the Configure Widget Properties button. For example, “Configure Grid Columns.”

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    bchaudhary_4480085-Regular Member
    5-Regular Member
    January 18, 2024

    Hello @DK_10003244 ,

     

    Hope you are doing well!

     

    I have checked the links mentioned in the query and seems like you are referring to an old guide: https://support.ptc.com/WCMS/files/170215/en/thingworx_extension_development_user_guide.pdf?

     

    You can explore some latest documents custom Widgets/ Extensions:

    Article: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS201191

    Help center guide link: https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx/Help/Best_Practices_for_Developing_Applications/EclipsePluginInstallingThePlugin.html

    Community Tutorial: https://community.ptc.com/t5/IoT-Tips/Create-An-Extension-Part-1/ta-p/827938

     

    Kindly check the above attached links. Let me know if it helps.

    Thanks

    Bhawna

     

     

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      DK_100032448-GravelAuthor
      8-Gravel
      January 18, 2024

      Hi @bchaudhary_448008 

      Thank you for the response,

       

      The link you provided writes the exact same thing as the documentation in 2015 and 2018.

      I also found other community posts regarding this topic that also refer to the documentation I provided above. 

       

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      It doesn't mention anything about customEditor like grid or mashup 

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      slangleyCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 12, 2024

      Hi @DK_10003244.

       

      What version or ThingWorx are you running?  The 9.x documentation for extension development can be found here.

       

      Regards.

       

      --Sharon

       

       

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      allardv5-Regular Member
      5-Regular Member
      September 17, 2024

      Hello David,

       

      The reason you have not found any documentation on the 'custom editor' is that it's an internal API only and is currently not intended for external use. The custom editor is used for certain PTC widgets that deviate from the standard configuration options. This would be a feature request for Mashup Builder and Widget development. I will inform PTC Product Management about your request.

       

      Sincerely,

       

      -Allard van der Heijden

      Director Software development at PTC.

       

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      atondorf14-Alexandrite
      14-Alexandrite
      September 18, 2024

      Dear Allard,

       

      thanks for the information, but when it's an "Internal API" why is it mentioned in the Documenation?

       

      customEditor
      Name of the custom editor dialog that should be used to set and edit the widget configuration. In your widget project create a dialog box with the name TW.IDE.Dialogs.<name>.
      customEditorMenuText
      The text that appears on the flyout menu of the widget. It is also the text that appears as the tooltip for widgets in the ThingWorx Composer . For example, Configure Grid Columns.

       

      Thingworx and it's documentation are making promises and raises expectations that cannot be kept.
      Please also inform PTC Product Management, that before implementing 100 new cool features,
      they should get the existing ones smoothly operational and well documented.

      Greetings

       

      Andreas

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      posipova20-Turquoise
      20-Turquoise
      March 6, 2025

      We apologize for the documentation gaps that may have caused a subpar experience. In the recent patches, we have worked on improving the feature and providing an appropriate example to follow in our helpcenter. You can find the documentation and downloadable example here https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9.7/en/#page/ThingWorx/Help/Mashup_Builder/Mashups/MashupConfigurationForm.html

      Please let us know if anything has been missed and should be clarified further

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