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Upgrade a Widget

Widget creators keep improving their Widgets. Most updates reach your Frame by themselves. But some updates change what you set up when you added the Widget, such as a setting it no longer uses or a new one it needs. Those come as a new major version, and your Frame keeps the version you set up until you choose to upgrade, so nothing breaks.

Spot an update​

  • In the Editor, a warning triangle appears beside the ⋮ of a Widget with a new version. Hover over it to see which version.
  • In the Widget Library, the Widget shows Update available.
  • When you choose Add to Frame on a Widget you've installed, each install shows its version, and Update available if there's a newer one.
A Widget on the canvas with a warning triangle beside its menu button, because a new version is outA Widget on the canvas with a warning triangle beside its menu button, because a new version is out
The Widget's card on the Installed tab of the Widget Library, marked Update availableThe Widget's card on the Installed tab of the Widget Library, marked Update available

Upgrade​

  1. Choose ⋮ on the Widget, or right-click it, and choose Upgrade to v….
  2. Read New in version…, the creator's notes on what's new, and What changes for this widget, such as a setting that's no longer used or a new one to fill in.
  3. Check the settings. Everything that still fits the new version is filled in for you. Fill in anything new, and connect any new account the Widget asks for.
  4. Choose Upgrade.
A Widget's menu in the Editor, with Upgrade to v2.0.0 at the topA Widget's menu in the Editor, with Upgrade to v2.0.0 at the top
The Upgrade dialog: the creator's notes on what's new, what changes for this Widget, its settings with the new one to fill in, and an Upgrade buttonThe Upgrade dialog: the creator's notes on what's new, what changes for this Widget, its settings with the new one to fill in, and an Upgrade button

Your Frame shows the new version the next time it refreshes.

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You can't go back to an older version once you've upgraded.