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In Nextcloud Hub 8<\/a>, we introduced interactive widgets, a completely new feature that lets you share, access and interact with items from various apps in a compact widget format throughout your platform. Now you can share documents in Talk to to browse and edit them in the chat, embed calendars in your Text files, or add entire deck boards to Collectives \u2014 and those are just a few examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us explain how interactive widgets work, what items can be shared as widgets, and what apps support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discover Nextcloud Hub 8<\/h2>

Register for our webinar on May 29 to learn more about the new features of Nextcloud Hub 8 and see them in action.<\/p>\nRegister<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\n

What items you can share as interactive widgets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Nextcloud Hub 8, you can already use the interactive widget feature for several items across the Nextcloud Hub ecosystem: Office files (text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, Text files), Deck boards, and calendars in the Calendar app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add a widget, you just need to paste a link to the item to a location that supports widgets (e.g. a Talk chat), and a widget will be embedded automatically. Users will be able to access and browse content right away, without a need to switch between the apps. In different apps, we added individual widget actions and parameters to make the interface run smoothly and without interruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Files<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Interactive file widgets let you view, edit and even collaborate on the files via mini editor window. Although they are not meant for full-featured editing, the widgets come in handy when you need to quickly browse or update a file.<\/p>\n\n\n

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