Windows Sidebar

E192045
Windows feature desktop widget engine software component

Windows Sidebar is a vertical panel introduced in Windows Vista that hosts mini-applications called gadgets for quick access to information and tools.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Windows Sidebar canonical 4
Windows Desktop Gadgets 2
Windows desktop gadgets 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Windows feature ⓘ
desktop widget engine ⓘ
software component ⓘ
allows configuring gadget settings ⓘ
pinning gadgets ⓘ
rearranging gadgets ⓘ
resizing gadgets ⓘ
alternativePosition left side of the screen ⓘ
architecture 32-bit ⓘ
64-bit ⓘ
componentOf Windows 7 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 7 desktop

Windows Vista ⓘ
surface form: Windows Vista desktop
configurationStorage user profile ⓘ
defaultPosition right side of the screen ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
distribution bundled with Windows 7 ⓘ
bundled with Windows Vista ⓘ
executableName sidebar.exe ⓘ
fileExtensionForGadgets .gadget ⓘ
gadgetTechnology CSS ⓘ
HTML ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ
XML ⓘ
includesAPIs Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Sidebar API
introducedInVersion Windows Vista ⓘ
nameChangedTo Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Desktop Gadgets
nameChangeIn Windows 7 ⓘ
operatingSystem Windows 7 ⓘ
Windows Vista ⓘ
primaryFunction host desktop gadgets ⓘ
reasonForRemoval security vulnerabilities ⓘ
releaseDate 2007 ⓘ
removedFrom Windows 8 ⓘ
replacedBy Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Desktop Gadgets
securityModel runs gadgets with user privileges ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
supports Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows gadgets

always-on-top mode ⓘ
auto-hide behavior ⓘ
drag and drop of gadgets ⓘ
third-party gadgets ⓘ
typicalGadgets CPU meter gadget ⓘ
RSS feed gadget ⓘ
calendar gadget ⓘ
clock gadget ⓘ
weather gadget ⓘ
userInterfaceElement vertical panel ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows Vista → userInterface → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
Windows Vista → feature → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Sidebar gadgets
Active Desktop → relatedTo → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows desktop gadgets
Active Desktop → relatedTo → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
Active Desktop → replacedBy → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
Active Desktop → replacedBy → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows desktop gadgets
Windows Sidebar → supports → Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows gadgets
Windows Sidebar → includesAPIs → Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Sidebar API
Windows Sidebar → replacedBy → Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Desktop Gadgets
Windows Sidebar → nameChangedTo → Windows Sidebar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Desktop Gadgets
Home Basic → supports → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows Vista Home Basic
Dashcode (for Dashboard widgets) → targetPlatform → Windows Sidebar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS X Dashboard