Dashboard

Type

Class

Namespace

craft\services

Inherits

craft\services\Dashboard » yii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject

Implements

yii\base\Configurable

Since

3.0.0

Dashboard service.

An instance of the Dashboard service is globally accessible in Craft via Craft::$app->dashboard.

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Public Properties

Property	Description
allWidgetTypes	string[]
allWidgets	craft\base\WidgetInterface[] – The widgets
behaviors	yii\base\Behavior – List of behaviors attached to this component

allWidgetTypes

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

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allWidgets

Type

craft\base\WidgetInterface[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

The widgets

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Public Methods

Method	Description
__call()	Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__clone()	This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.
__construct()	Constructor.
__get()	Returns the value of an object property.
__isset()	Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set()	Sets value of an object property.
__unset()	Sets an object property to null.
attachBehavior()	Attaches a behavior to this component.
attachBehaviors()	Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.
behaviors()	Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
canGetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
changeWidgetColspan()	Changes the colspan of a widget.
className()	Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
createWidget()	Creates a widget with a given config.
deleteWidget()	Soft-deletes a widget.
deleteWidgetById()	Soft-deletes a widget by its ID.
detachBehavior()	Detaches a behavior from the component.
detachBehaviors()	Detaches all behaviors from the component.
doesUserHaveWidget()	Returns whether the current user has a widget of the given type.
ensureBehaviors()	Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component.
getAllWidgetTypes()	Returns all available widget type classes.
getAllWidgets()	Returns the dashboard widgets for the current user.
getBehavior()	Returns the named behavior object.
getBehaviors()	Returns all behaviors attached to this component.
getWidgetById()	Returns a widget by its ID.
hasEventHandlers()	Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.
hasMethod()	Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined.
init()	Initializes the object.
off()	Detaches an existing event handler from this component.
on()	Attaches an event handler to an event.
reorderWidgets()	Reorders widgets.
saveWidget()	Saves a widget for the current user.
trigger()	Triggers an event.

changeWidgetColspan()

Changes the colspan of a widget.

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Arguments

• $widgetId (integer)
• $colspan (integer)

Returns

boolean

createWidget()

Creates a widget with a given config.

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Arguments

• $config (mixed) – The widget’s class name, or its config, with a type value and optionally a settings value.

Returns

craft\base\WidgetInterface

deleteWidget()

Soft-deletes a widget.

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Arguments

• $widget (craft\base\WidgetInterface) – The widget to be deleted

Returns

boolean – Whether the widget was deleted successfully

Throws

• Throwable
  if reasons

deleteWidgetById()

Soft-deletes a widget by its ID.

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Arguments

• $widgetId (integer) – The widget’s ID

Returns

boolean – Whether the widget was deleted successfully

doesUserHaveWidget()

Returns whether the current user has a widget of the given type.

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Arguments

• $type (string) – The widget type

Returns

boolean – Whether the current user has a widget of the given type

getAllWidgetTypes()

Returns all available widget type classes.

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Returns

string[]

getAllWidgets()

Returns the dashboard widgets for the current user.

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Returns

craft\base\WidgetInterface[] – The widgets

getWidgetById()

Returns a widget by its ID.

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Arguments

• $id (integer) – The widget’s ID

Returns

craft\base\WidgetInterface, null – The widget, or null if it doesn’t exist

reorderWidgets()

Reorders widgets.

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Arguments

• $widgetIds (integer[]) – The widget IDs

Returns

boolean – Whether the widgets were reordered successfully

Throws

• Throwable
  if reasons

saveWidget()

Saves a widget for the current user.

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Arguments

• $widget (craft\base\WidgetInterface) – The widget to be saved
• $runValidation (boolean) – Whether the widget should be validated

Returns

boolean – Whether the widget was saved successfully

Throws

• Throwable
  if reasons

Events

EVENT_AFTER_DELETE_WIDGET

Type

craft\events\WidgetEvent

The event that is triggered after a widget is deleted.

EVENT_AFTER_SAVE_WIDGET

Type

craft\events\WidgetEvent

The event that is triggered after a widget is saved.

EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE_WIDGET

Type

craft\events\WidgetEvent

The event that is triggered before a widget is deleted.

EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE_WIDGET

Type

craft\events\WidgetEvent

The event that is triggered before a widget is saved.

EVENT_REGISTER_WIDGET_TYPES

Type

craft\events\RegisterComponentTypesEvent

The event that is triggered when registering Dashboard widget types.

Dashboard widgets must implement craft\base\WidgetInterface. \craft\services\Widget provides a base implementation.

See Widget Types for documentation on creating Dashboard widgets.

Example

• PHP

use craft\events\RegisterComponentTypesEvent;
use craft\services\Dashboard;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Dashboard::class,
    Dashboard::EVENT_REGISTER_WIDGET_TYPES,
    function(RegisterComponentTypesEvent $event) {
        $event->types[] = MyWidgetType::class;
    }
);