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Is there any way for Mac dashboard widget to reload himself

My dashboard widget has automatic update system, but after every update user should press ⌘R for changes to take a place. I want to do it automaticaly, without any user actions. Is there any widget method to reload it? Common methods doesn't works:…
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IDE to develop mac dashboard widgets?

What is the best IDE to develop Mac dashboard widgets?
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Session state persistence between web page content and XmlHttpRequest for Mac dashboard widgets and Safari extensions

I already posted to Apple's Safari dev forum but got no responses so thought try cross posting elsewhere to get ideas: I'm asking this question in regards to both Safari Extension (toolbar type AJAX extension) Mac OS X dashboard widget I assume both…
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How to show a Webview in a Mac Dashboard Widget?

I am making a simple Mac Dashboard widget which would show a webpage in a webview, from a user selectable URL. To be honest, I assumed there would simply be a 'webview' type part in the Library which I could just drop on. I've tried fiddling with…
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Gnome-Shell Dashboard like application for KDE

I have seen that XFCE with xfdashboard created a solution which basically does what Gnome-Shell is capable of. Is there a similar dashboard that plays well with KDE Plasma 5? Something this is more Applet oriented?
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Install Mac Dashboard Widget directly from website

We have a dashboard widget for the Mac that we want to provide to our customers. It seems that the typical delivery method is to have the user download the widget as a zip file then double-click the widget inside of the zip. Is there a way to…
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OSX Dashboard Widget File URI

I'm trying to update a dashboard widget that has stopped working, I think with the upgrade to either Lion or Mountain Lion. The widget has a drop zone for dropping files onto, which then uploads them to a web service. However, my ondrop event…
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Is it a good idea to save the password using widget.setPreferenceForKey?

I am writing a Mac OS X Dashboard Widget for Pastebin.com and it stores the user's password (my code does not encrypt it) using widget.setPreferenceForKey. Is it safe and good practice to do it this way?
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Cocoa bundle for dshboard widget

I am developing a dashboard widget where it has a requirement to read a file from the hard disk. I got to know that accessing the file is not possible in java script. Going through the apple documentation found it is possible using the cocoa plugin.…
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Mac dashboard widgets not loading external images

I set out to make a quick Mac OS X dashboard widget. I read the documentation and was pleased to find out they use simple HTML, JS, and CSS. I created my widget and it works when I open the .html file in Firefox, but it does not work when I install…
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Local HTML 5 database usable in Mac Dashboard wigdets?

I'm trying to use HTML 5's local database feature on a Mac Dashboard widget. I'm programming in Dashcode the following javascript: if (window.openDatabase) { database = openDatabase("MyDB", "1.0", "Sample DB", 1000); if (database) { …
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How to add a program into Dashboard and implement to turn over a panel In Mac?

I found some programs can put into the Dashboard , and most of them have a feature: when click the "i", the panel will turn over and show another panel , How to implement it ? and how to put a program into a Dashboard? Thank you very much!
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Create a mac dashboard widget compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit systems

I have to develop a dashboard widget for Mac Osx to support 32/64 bit systems. This looks to me that there is nothing else to do if the widget does not use any programmed plugin, just HTML, JS & CSS. Is this correct? Just need to be sure. Thanks a…
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Multiple Dashboard widget instances don't survive widget update. Any way to prevent this?

I've written a Mac OS X Dashboard to show the StackOverflow flair of yourself and other people. My problem is that whenever I update that widget to a new version, all previous instances are removed and a single new instance is created on the…
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