Widgets

Craft widgets help you keep important work close by. Use them to open a document or daily note, browse recent or starred documents, review tasks, or start common Craft actions without opening the app first.

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Available widgets

Craft currently offers these widget types:

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Document

Use the Document widget for one-tap access to a specific document. Choose a Space and the document to open. The widget reflects the document’s styling, including its backdrop, color, and font. You can turn this off in the widget settings if you prefer a plain look.

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Daily Note

Use the Daily Note widget to keep a daily note one tap away. The widget can point to Yesterday’s, Today’s, or Tomorrow’s daily note, and it keeps pointing to the right note as the date changes.

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Tasks

Use Tasks to keep task lists visible from your Home Screen or desktop. The widget can show:

• Inbox: tasks from your task inbox
• Today: tasks due today plus overdue tasks
• Document: open tasks from a specific document

The Tasks widget includes a + button that opens Quick Entry for quickly creating a task. On supported system versions, you can also complete non-recurring tasks directly from the widget by tapping the checkbox.

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Recent Documents

Use Recent Documents to open recently viewed documents from Craft. Choose which Space the widget shows, then tap a document to open it. On medium and larger widgets, Craft also shows quick actions for:

• Search: open Craft search
• New document: create a new document in the selected Space

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Starred

Use Starred to see the selected Space’s starred documents at a glance and open them with a tap. You can choose the order of the documents in the widget settings. The order does not automatically match the order shown in the app.

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Folder

Use Folder to keep a specific folder close by:

• The small size shows a quick link that opens the folder.
• Larger sizes show the documents inside the folder, so you can open one directly.

You can choose the order of the documents in the widget settings. The order does not automatically match the order shown in the app. The widget also reflects the folder’s icon and color from the app. You can turn off the color in the widget settings. The folder’s color is reflected on Home Screen widgets only; the Lock Screen folder widget does not show it.

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Quick Open

Use Quick Open to jump straight to a section of the app. Choose the destination in the widget settings:

• Home
• All Docs
• Tasks, including Inbox, Today, Upcoming, and All
• Calendar
• Tags
• Starred
• Search

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Quick Actions

Use Quick Actions to keep four Craft actions on your Home Screen or desktop. You can configure each of the four slots in the widget settings, choosing from:

• Open Quick Entry
• Create New Document
• Create Task
• Quick Open
• Open All Docs
• Open Starred
• Open Tasks
• Open Inbox
• Open Today’s Tasks
• Open Upcoming Tasks
• Open All Tasks
• Open Today’s Daily Note
• Open Calendar

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Lock Screen widgets and Control Center controls

The same set of Craft actions is available as Lock Screen widgets and as controls for Control Center on supported iPhone and iPad devices:

• Open Craft: opens Craft at a chosen location — Home, All Docs, Tasks, Calendar, Tags, Starred
• Open Tasks List: opens a chosen task list — Inbox, Today, Upcoming, or All
• Create Document: creates a new document in a chosen folder (Unsorted when no folder is set)
• Open Quick Entry: opens Quick Entry in a chosen mode — New Document, New Task, Add to Daily Note, or Append to Document
• Open Document: opens a chosen document, including existing daily notes
• Open Folder: opens a chosen folder
• Open Tag: opens a chosen tag (typed as free text, with or without #)
• Open Daily Note: opens yesterday’s, today’s, or tomorrow’s daily note

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Add a widget

Widgets are added through your device’s widget gallery. The exact steps depend on the platform:

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Configure a widget

After adding a Craft widget, edit it from the system widget menu to choose what it displays. Common configuration options include:

• Space: choose which Craft Space the widget should use
• Document, folder, or display mode: choose a document, daily note, folder, task list, app section, or quick actions depending on the widget
• Order: choose how documents are ordered in the Starred and Folder widgets
• Appearance: turn the document’s styling (Document widget) or the folder’s color (Folder widget) on or off, and set a widget background where available

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How often widgets update

Craft asks the system to refresh Recent Documents and Tasks widgets about every 15 minutes. Tasks widgets also refresh when you switch in or out of Craft and when Craft receives task-related updates. Apple controls the exact widget refresh timing, so updates may not appear instantly. If a widget looks stale, open Craft once, then return to the Home Screen or desktop.

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Tips

• Add more than one Craft widget if you want separate views for different Spaces, documents, folders, or task lists.
• Use the Daily Note widget with Today to keep your Daily Note one tap away.
• Use Tasks in Document mode for project-specific task lists.
• Use the Starred or Folder widget to keep a curated set of documents on your Home Screen.
• Use medium or large Recent Documents widgets if you want built-in Search and New document actions.
• If a widget does not load after updating Craft, remove it and add it again from the widget gallery.