TIP: Use Templates to Control Draft Widget Content

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Draft Widgets display content from a draft on your Home Screen. By default, the display the draft title, and a preview of the body content…but, did you know you can customize that display?

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In the widget configuration screen, enable custom title or body templates, and add template tags using the same Drafts template markup used in actions. With these tags, you can add values like assigned tags, or a last modified timestamp!

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Found this information really useful today. Greg helped me understand that a widget’s body display defaults to [[body_preview]], which resulted in some unexpected truncation in an XL size widget (iPad).

I’ve been experimenting with using Drafts widgets for a bit of visualisation (habit streaks / tracking) via an automated action that outputs updated content to a specified draft that the widget is based on (see pic). Always interested in hearing more about how other people are using widgets, particularly edge cases.

Two yellow rectangular boxes with rounded corners are displayed against a dark, cloudy sky background. Each box displays the contents of a draft, a grid of text and symbols, representing an activity tracker. The left box is labeled LAST 37 DAYS; the right box is labeled LAST 84 DAYS. Below these headings, various activities such as WORKOUT, WEIGHTS, FOCUS, and BREATHWORK are listed, followed by rows of small circles and dots, representing completion or frequency of these activities over time. Some rows are densely populated with dots, while others have more gaps, indicating different levels of consistency.
Two yellow rectangular boxes with rounded corners are displayed against a dark, cloudy sky background. Each box displays the contents of a draft, a grid of text and symbols, representing an activity tracker. The left box is labeled LAST 37 DAYS; the right box is labeled LAST 84 DAYS. Below these headings, various activities such as WORKOUT, WEIGHTS, FOCUS, and BREATHWORK are listed, followed by rows of small circles and dots, representing completion or frequency of these activities over time. Some rows are densely populated with dots, while others have more gaps, indicating different levels of consistency.3180×966 747 KB

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