Questions tagged [google-gadget]

Google Gadgets are simple HTML and JavaScript applications that can be embedded in webpages and other apps. Built-in JavaScript libraries make it easy to create gadgets that include tabs, persistent storage, dynamic resizing, and more.

Google Gadgets are simple HTML and JavaScript applications that can be embedded in webpages and other apps. Built-in JavaScript libraries make it easy to create gadgets that include tabs, persistent storage, dynamic resizing, and more.

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Questions re: Gmail Sidebar Gadget Deprecation

We stumbled across a deprecation notice for the Gmail sidebar gadgets at https://developers.google.com/gmail/sidebar_gadgets which states that Warning: Gmail sidebar gadgets are now deprecated and will soon cease to be supported. This statement…
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How do I host a Google gadget? How does it work?

I just spent 5 hours by checking Google gadgets websites and FAQs, but I still have no idea how to host a gadget. What I've figured from reading the Google documentation: I can write gadgets with XML, JavaScript etc.. Gadgets can be added to…
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google gadget and sites api

I'm writing a google gadget (nothing but plain html + javascript) to upload a file onto a private google site using the sites api. http://code.google.com/apis/sites/docs/1.0/developers_guide_protocol.html#UploadingFiles I can only upload the file…
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Google calendar gadget: How to fetch UID from clicked Event in calendar

This is a sidebar gadget that listens on event click and returns me event info (More Info):
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Trigger script on Google calendar event

I want to trigger some script when new calendar event is created in Google Calendar (say calling some rest API that enters event information to my database). I do not want any kind of UI that triggers the script. Is it possible to achieve this…
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Secure handling of OAuth Consumer Key and Secret in Chrome Extensions and Gmail Gadgets

I would like to get some ideas on to properly handle Salesforce OAuth Consumer Key and Secret in Chrome Extensions and Gmail Gadgets. Chrome extensions are essentially Javascript wrapped up in a zip compatible format. If I need to build an extension…
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Can you set your blog to show only the very first label of a post in Blogger?

I have some experience in HTML and CSS but proper coding like Java, JS and PHP I am a novice to, plus this is the first time that I have built a Blogger Template/Site from scratch so it is a lot of trial and error. I have tried looking for an answer…
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How to deploy Contextual Gadget on Gmail

I have developed a Contextual Gadget and installed it in my domain. It is working fine in my domain, but it is not working outside of my domain. How can I access my gadget outside my domain?
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Google Wave extension for Programmers and their Code

Sorry if this is well known but Googling for my answer only came up with links about making Google Wave gadgets. My question is, are there any Google Wave gadgets that allow for better collaborative code editing? I mean, I can set the font to fixed…
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Develop Gmail Contextual Gadget without Google App domain?

I'm looking into creating a Gmail Contextual Gadget. I've created a couple of simple gadgets that integrate into Google Calendar, and it was simple enough with those to publish the gadget manifest and add them to the calendar through the "add any…
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How to call jQuery in Google Gadget API

A simple code like this will never work and I searched the entire of the Google, the bloody hell company does not provide a simple tutorial on how to apply the jQuery? This is very frustrating!
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Using GWT as portlets for google sites?

Is it possible to use GWT as a framework for building portlets that are rendered in google sites? If so, I'm assuming that these portlets could just be hosted on a GAE instance? On another point, GWT is java based, but what if portlets are written…
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How to use Web service in Google Gadgets (using Javascript)?

Have you ever tried to call a SOAP web service from a google gadget using javascript ? I really don't know how to do it : the API has just a makerequest method. Is it the right method to get the job done ? I would appreciate any help... thanks in…
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gmail contextual gadget does not show

I'm trying to build a gmail contextual gadget. I had it working in the past but i must of changed something and it does not work now. I have created the listing successfully and added the gadget to a test domain of mine. But still nothing happens…
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using a string as the for loop expressions and condition

The following loop works: But the following doesn't:
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