Possible to hide widget from header controller?

MichaelOberegger

Hi everyone!

Is it possible to configure a widget so that it does not display in the header controller? I would like to have a widget that can only be opened from another widget (instead of clicking the widget's icon on the header controller).

I have tried to configure a widget with the other default ones (like NavigationWidget, OverviewWidget), but doing this will cause the widget to be preloaded automatically (regardless of what value I put in the preload attribute).

I am not 100% sure that I actually need to configure a widget in the config.xml file, but the only way I know how to load one manually is through the widgetManager, which requires a configuration entry. If there is a way to load a widget without configuring it, I will be able to bypass the aforementioned issues. For reference, this is the code I am using to load:

widgetManager.getWidget(widgetManager.getWidgetId("My ID"), true);

So, in summary:
Is there a way to configure a widget without it displaying in the header controller and not having it automatically preload?
Alternatively, is there a way to load a widget without having to configure it?

Thank you for your time. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Mike

rscheitlin

Mike,

   The simplest way is to edit the HeaderControllerWidget.mxml

            private function getWidgetItems(widgetList:Array):ArrayCollection
            {
                var menuItems:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection;
                var widgetItem:WidgetItem;
                for (var i:int = 0; i < widgetList.length; )
                {
//If widgetList Item label equals the widget you want to eliminate
                    if(widgetList.label == "Your widget Label")
                        continue;
//End of additional code