Thanks for the suggestions, guys. For now I've just put a bit of text telling the user to click on the arrow to edit their preferences. In the long run I might make a separate tab with a form for updating the settings via the API.
Here's the gadget, by the way: http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/105069612849218963215/ud_gadget.xml -Bryan On Aug 23, 6:40 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > B"H > > I am also interested int the same functionality for a different > reason. > I just developed a gadget to be used in the Google Calendar. > In that environment there is no way for the user to trigger the > settings screen. > > On Aug 22, 3:16 pm, "Matt (Guru)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 22, 12:05 pm, Bryan D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I recently developed a gadget for iGoogle using the legacy API. The > > > biggest complaint I get from users is that they don't realize that the > > > user preferences menu exists, so they don't think they can change the > > > settings. To make it more obvious that the settings can be changed, I > > > want to add a link in the body of my gadget that opens up the > > > preferences menu when someone clicks on it. Is this possible? > > > No. Formerly with inline gadgets you could do this, but not anymore. > > > One option is your gadget could have it's own "settings" or "options" > > link that shows your own customize settings display. When the user > > changes any settings, you could use API calls to modify the actual > > settings in the gadget itself. This way you not only can trigger the > > settings in your own way, but you can style them however you want. > > I've done this to a limited extent before and it has worked very well. > > > Matt Kruse --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
