5.01 What are Widgets?

Created OnJanuary 31, 2020

What are Widgets?

Widgets are customizable, interactive HTML forms or applications. Widgets can be tailored for your specific experiment and contain interactive text boxes, buttons, check boxes, tables, drop-down menus, and more. Each Widget can be added as an entry to a page and edited by users of the notebook.

With LabArchives, you can use built-in widgets, manage inventory through a database or freezerbox widget, or create your own widget through The Widget Manager.

To add a widget to the page, select “Widget” on the Add Entry Toolbar.

LabArchives Built-In Widgets

LabArchives includes over 20 different built in widgets. This includes several calculator widgets like the Acid and Base Molarity Calculator, DNA-RNA Calculator, Molarity Calculator, Radioactivity Calculator and more. For more information on some of the widgets built into LabArchives, please see seciton 5.02.

Manage inventory with a Database or Freezerbox widget

Database and Freezerbox widgets can be used to easily manage inventory or visually display data directly in your lab notebook. Each cell in the freezerbox or row in the database represents a form that can be completely customized with specific fields, and functions. To learn more about creating your own freezerbox or database widget, Click Here.

Create your own Widget
Widgets are easier to build than they look. While these forms are generated with HTML, you don’t actually need to know HTML in order to make them. To learn more about creating your own widget through the Widget Manager, CLICK HERE.

Floating Widgets

Some widgets can be used as floating widgets. Floating Widgets are tools that can be used while working in other parts of the notebook. This can be useful if you would like to calculate a total in the Scientific Calculator widget while working in a rich text entry. Floating widgets are not saved to the page because they have not been added as an entry in your notebook. To use a floating widget, select the triple bar menu at the top right, select “Widgets” and click “More.”

NOTE: Most widgets are designed to work as entries saved to a page of your notebook. Some widgets may not function correctly as a floating widget. To use any widget, save the widget as an entry in your notebook.

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LabArchives Increases Storage by an Order of Magnitude

CARLSBAD, CA, NOVEMBER 03, 2011 -- LabArchives has released a new version of its flagship Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) which is instantly available to all users. Among a number of other enhancements, subscribers to the Professional Edition now receive 100 GB of storage per user, up from the previous limitation of 5 GB.

"LabArchives is committed to making our ELN the leading product of its kind for scientists throughout the world," said Earl B. Beutler, President and CEO of LabArchives, LLC. "Some of our users and prospective clients were concerned about the potential long term cost of storage, which is a key component in information management. By providing 100 GB of storage per user, this objection is eliminated for the vast majority of investigators."

“While LabArchives will incur a significant cost in providing this additional storage,” Mr. Beutler went on to say, “our partnership with the scientific community dictates that we remove barriers to adoption of this important technology which we believe helps to accelerate the progress of scientific research.”

LabArchives is a browser based application which can be used on the secure LabArchives servers, or can be locally installed. As a web-based application, all changes are instantly available to the full community of users. The latest release also contains a number of powerful new features, including enhanced notebook management and a special module for those teaching courses using LabArchives.

About LabArchives: LabArchives, LLC was founded by a team of experts in scientific computing and web-based development. It was established in 2009 to create an affordable and easy-to-use solution to the problem of laboratory organization and collaboration. It is used by scientists on 6 continents to store, organize, share, and publish laboratory data, as well as by instructors in many leading K-12 and colleges.

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