0 any small device whose name you have forgotten or do not know --
1 a small computer program, usually connected with an image, that can be added to a website to allow the user to do something. For example, you might click on a widget to find out weather or stock market information: --
2 one of many small computer programs that make up what you see on a computer screen, and that allow you to take particular actions. A widget might be a button that you click on, or a scroll bar (= strip at the side of the screen used for moving its contents up, down, or sideways), etc.: --
3 an imaginary product, used in explanations, school books, etc. as an example of a company's typical product: --
4 a small tool or other useful object that you do not know the name of: --
Properties are set on the dialog and other widgets in name/value pairs.
Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, etc., to text user interfaces.
Each text widget has a cursor whose location is defined by two numbers: the line number and the column number.
We mean research that has no direct industrial application at the time—not making widgets for industry and not necessarily knowing what one will get out of the research.
The only way to enrich ourselves is by the buying and selling of widgets.
A man who is good at making widgets may know nothing about the intricacies of stock relief and first year allowances.
The analogies that he drew are not quite fair because this has nothing whatsoever to do with manufacturing or the assembly of widgets.
The traditional manufacturer is often described as a maker of "widgets".
