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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 service is available via Craft::$app->dashboard.

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Public Properties ​

PropertyDescription
allWidgetTypesstring[]
allWidgetscraft\base\WidgetInterface[] – The widgets
behaviorsyii\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 ​

MethodDescription
__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 a component property.
__isset()Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set()Sets the value of a component property.
__unset()Sets a component property to be 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()Deletes a widget.
deleteWidgetById()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 for this component.
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 ​

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() ​

Deletes a widget.

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Arguments ​

Returns ​

boolean – Whether the widget was deleted successfully

Throws ​

deleteWidgetById() ​

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 ​

saveWidget() ​

Saves a widget for the current user.

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Arguments ​

Returns ​

boolean – Whether the widget was saved successfully

Throws ​

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;
    }
);