Steve Lovell


About this Widget
Using the Widget
Customising the Widget
Importing Data

About this Widget
This widget is based upon my earlier attempt "Clicks So Far", which was itself my first widget. Lots of widgets out there do things which are far more impressive, but widgets like mine have a place and developing them has been both fun and informative. We beginners have to start somewhere. I hope other beginners will find my code easy to follow and may pick up some useful tips. Alternatively, more advanced coders out there may like to contact me to let me know how I could have done things better.

As users will know by now, "More Clicks" exists to help you count things, any things. If you need to keep track of how many times you answered the phone, then create a "Calls Answered" counter and click away. It's not rocket science, but it may prove useful to a few people out there.


Using the Widget
Using this widget could hardly be easier. Right click anywhere on the widget to access all your options. For options about individual counters, right click directly on the relevant row. You should get something like that shown in the images below.



Customising the Widget
The widget can be customised in several ways. You can change the sound made when you "add one" to a counter. You can change the text in the header bar as well as the text and background colour of the header and individual rows. Indeed, to help you read along the rows I've set things up so that the text and backgrounds colours of odd and even rows can be controlled separately.


Importing Data
If you are keeping track of lots of things already, you may file it useful to import all this data at once rather having to configure lots of counters individually. You can only import csv and txt files. These should have two columns (without headings) separated by a comma in each row. The first column should contain the name of the counter (which cannot include commas) and the second column should contain the current count. In short, it should look like the picture below. If this explanation has left you confused you might like to try exporting some counters and then using the format of the resulting file as a guide.