Widgets

We've built a flexible widget framework to give superpowers to the Map Overview and the Description field in profiles.
image of list of connections belonging to an element
With widgets, you can do the following:
​Create lists of elements, connections, loops, or field values​
​Embed video​
​Embed audio​
​Embed documents​
​Embed slideshows​
To use widgets, start editing the Map Overview, or the Description of an element, connection, or loop, and type double square brackets [[]]. What you put inside the double square brackets depends on which widget you're using—you can read the rest of this article to learn more about each option.
Create lists of elements, connections, loops, or field values
The list widget allows you to create lists of elements, connections, and loops inside the Map Overview or a Description.
Basic lists of elements, connections, or loops
For a basic list, just type list/ inside your double square brackets, and then type elements, connections, or loops depending on what you want to list.
[[list/elements]]     --> Creates a list of all elements
[[list/connections]]  --> Creates a list of all connections
[[list/loops]]        --> Creates a list of all loops
List widget
All the items in the list are links—you can hover over a link to showcase an item on the map, or you can click a link to jump to the profile for that item.
Basic lists can also be sorted by any field in your profiles. To do so, add ?sort=field-name after elements, connections, or loops, and replace field-name with a slug of the field name you want to sort by.
[[list/connection?sort=strength]]
[[list/element?sort=net-worth]]
Add &desc=true to the end if you want to sort in descending order:
[[list/loop?sort=label&desc=true]]
More specific lists of elements, connections, or loops
To create a list that is more specific that "all elements", for example, you can type list and a selector in double quotes.
[[list "person"]]                   --> List elements with "Person" in the Type field
[[list ":from(person)"]]            --> List connections leading from "Person" type elements
[[list "['influence'='high']"]]     --> List items with "High" in the Influence field.
Having trouble writing the right selector for your use case? Feel free to email support!
Normally, it would be okay to write a selector with double quotes, e.g. ["influence"="high"]. But inside the list widget, you need to write it with single quotes instead: ['influence'='high'].
'influence' and 'high' are enclosed in single quotes, and the entire selector is enclosed in double quotes.
If you want to list all of an element's connections in it's profile, we wrote a more detailed article on how to achieve that.
These more specific lists, like basic lists, can also be sorted by any field in your profiles. To do so, add ?sort=field-name after list and before the selector, and replace field-name with a slug of the field name you want to sort by.
[[list?sort=net-worth "person"]]
[[list?sort=strength ":from(person)"]]
Add &desc=true to the end if you want to sort in descending order:
[[list?sort=type&desc=true "['influence'='high']"]]
Change the showcase behavior for lists of items
Kumu's showcase actually has three different "modes" to affect how it works:
normal mode showcases the selection plus any connections between the showcased elements (default)
loose mode showcases the selection plus neighboring elements
strict mode showcases only the selection itself, nothing else
By default, hovering over an item in the list widget will showcase that item in normal mode. You can override this default behavior by adding ?mode=loose or ?mode=strict.
For basic lists, add that modifier at the very end:
[[list/elements?mode=loose]]
For more specific lists, add the modifier after the word list:
[list?mode=strict ":from(person)"]
Lists of field values
To list all the values of a particular field, type list inside your double square brackets, followed by the field name in double quotes.
Simply include the field name in quotes in the standard list format.
[[list "Level of Influence"]]
When you hover over a field value in the list, Kumu will showcase all elements, connections, and loops that have that field value in their profile.
Embed video
Vimeo
To embed a Vimeo video, type vimeo/ inside the double square brackets, followed by the ID if the video you'd like to include:
[[vimeo/36519586]]
Optionally, you can change the aspect ratio from hd (the default) to sd:
[[vimeo/36519586?aspect=sd]]
You can also add a descriptive title:
[[vimeo/36519586 "a story for tomorrow by gnarly bay"]]
YouTube
To embed a YouTube video, type youtube/ inside the double square brackets, followed by the ID if the video you'd like to include.
You can find the ID for a given YouTube video within the URL of the video. Just grab the portion after the ?v= part of the URL.
[[youtube/mXiFqI-mekw]]
Optionally, you can change the aspect ratio from hd (the default) to sd:
[[youtube/mXiFqI-mekw?aspect=sd]]
Embed audio
Pippa
To embed audio from Pippa, type pippa/ inside your double square brackets, followed by everything after https://player.pippa.io/ in the URL of your episode:
Full URL:
https://player.pippa.io/teamhuman/episodes/ep-92-dr-mark-filippi
​
Widget code:
[[pippa/teamhuman/episodes/ep-92-dr-mark-filippi]]
Anchor
To embed audio from Anchor:
1.Type anchor/ inside your double square brackets
2.Add your account username and another slash /
3.Add the ID of the episode
Full URL for an episode:
https://anchor.fm/my-username/episodes/my-episode-id
​
Widget code:
[[anchor/my-username/episodes/my-episode-id]]
Soundcloud
To embed audio from Soundcloud, type soundcloud/ inside your double square brackets, followed by the ID of the audio file:
[[soundcloud/313184173]]
Embed documents
Scribd
To embed documents from Scribd, type scribd/ inside your double square brackets, followed by the ID of the document:
[[scribd/416217686]]
The Scribd widget supports a start_page option that lets you define which page the embedded document should show first.
To set the option, add a ? after the document ID, then type start_page=, and the page number you want to set.
[[scribd/416217686?start_page=3]]
Embed slideshows
Slideshare
To embed a slideshow from Slideshare, type slideshare/ inside your double square brackets, followed by the ID of the slideshow:
[[slideshare/32200030]]
Optionally, you can change the aspect ratio from sd (the default) to hd:
[[slideshare/32200030?aspect=hd]]
You can also add a descriptive title:
[[slideshare/32200030 "Changing behavior through persuasive design"]]
Speaker Deck
To embed a slideshow from Speaker Deck, type speakerdeck/ inside your double square brackets, followed by the ID of the slideshow:
[[speakerdeck/39d28e80a7840130b36006a0b9603b35 "The product is the byproduct"]]
Optionally, you can change the aspect ratio from sd (the default) to hd:
[[speakerdeck/39d28e80a7840130b36006a0b9603b35?aspect=hd]]
You can also add a descriptive title:
[[speakerdeck/39d28e80a7840130b36006a0b9603b35 "The product is the byproduct"]]
Need any other widgets? Send us an email!​
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