January 13, 2026
Adding items to Launch Pad Widget
Learn how to add items via My Apps Content App
To provide a detailed and immersive News experience.
| Title | Title that will display in the Content App list and on the News Detail widget |
| Body | The body text of the article |
| Expires | The date and time when the news article will no longer appear |
| StaticUrl | What will be added to the site Url to create the friendly Url for the news article |
| Image | The selected image will display with the news article |
| Image Description | By default is the image Url, but should be updated to a description of the picture |
| Category | Select tags that match the article's content, they will appear on the article and help organize them |
| PublishedBy | Publisher of the news article, they will appear on the News Detail page |
| Job Title | Job Title of the publisher |
| FriendlyUrl | The friendly Url for the news article, will only appear after you publish the article |
| Attachments | Files that are attached to the news article, can be added via the Add Attachment feature. |
| Select List Columns / Select Fields | Columns in the SharePoint list that the widget is utilizing. | |
| Cache Interval | Sets the time, in seconds, that the data should be saved in the local browser cache of the current user.
· 0 = Do not cache the data for this widget · -1 = Use the default caching strategy set in the Digital Workplace configuration · Whole Number = Cache for specific time, in minutes |
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| List Name | Name of the SharePoint list that contains the data to be displayed for this widget instance. | |
| Use Friendly Url | Determines if the widget pulls in the news articles friendly Url. Keep this checked | |
| Skip Persona Filtering | Determines if the widget will respect the persona filtering or skip persona filtering and show to all users | |
| Function to call before binding the UI events |
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| isasynccallback |
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| Function to call after fetching data | OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion): Name of the function called after data has been fetched by the widget. | |
| List is on Root Site | When checked, the widget references the list on root site. |
View Name: NewsDetail View Description: Displays details of the news article, complete with the author, news tags, body, image. Ability to react, share and comment on the article. View Preview:
View Name: News Detail - Modern View Description: Updated news display that shows news content more condensed View Preview: