Widget features

This section describes the features that you can build into widgets using Web Runtime (WRT).

For information about the standards supported by WRT, see section Web Runtime standards.

Web Runtime 1.0 and later features

WRT 1.0 provided support for widgets through built-in JavaScript objects. The following features can be added to widgets using this technology.

Note: The WRT environment is backward-compatible; widgets created for WRT 1.0 run normally with WRT 1.1. However, you should take newer technologies, such as different display sizes and the introduction of touch UI, into consideration when running WRT 1.0 widgets on newer mobile devices.

  • User interaction with the underlying device

    Mobile device users can interact with the device through user input, for example via the options list or softkeys. For more information, see Managing user interaction and the JavaScript menu object.

  • Self-updating widgets

    Widgets can update themselves by communicating directly with a web service or server. For more information, see Managing widgets on mobile devices.

  • Navigation

    Mobile device users can navigate the UI using tabs or a cursor. For more information, see Moving within widgets and the setNavigationEnabled() method in the Web Runtime API reference.

  • Display rotation

    Mobile device users can rotate the display between portrait and landscape orientation. For more information, see Designing for dynamic screen orientation.

  • Launching S60 applications

    Widgets can launch S60 mobile device applications for their own use. For example, a news widget can launch the Calendar application so that mobile device users can mark an event in their calendar. For more information, see the openApplication() method in the Web Runtime API reference.

  • Language-specific versions of a widget

    The S60 platform supports multiple languages and allows mobile device users to select the language that their device uses for UI texts. Widget developers can create language-specific versions of a widget to take advantage of this feature. For more information, see Supporting multiple languages.

  • Dynamically modified web pages

    Widgets can inspect or modify web pages dynamically through the use of DOM Level 2.

Web Runtime 1.1 features

WRT 1.1 added the following features:

  • Support for S60 Platform Services through JavaScript Service APIs. For more information, see Using platform services.

    Note: Widgets created using the WRT 1.1 Service APIs do not work with WRT 1.0.

  • Support for home screen widgets on compatible devices.

    Widgets that you enable for the home screen work normally in full screen mode on devices that do not have a home screen.

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