.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt

..  _create-widget-group:

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Create widget group
===================

Widget groups are used to group widgets into tabs.
This will have an effect when adding new widgets to an dashboard.
See :ref:`adding-widgets` to get an idea of the UI.

Groups are defined as PHP array:

..  code-block:: php
    :caption: Example from EXT:dashboard/Configuration/Backend/DashboardWidgetGroups.php

    <?php

    return [
        'general' => [
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:dashboard/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:widget_group.general',
        ],
        'systemInfo' => [
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:dashboard/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:widget_group.system',
        ],
        'typo3' => [
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:dashboard/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:widget_group.typo3',
        ],
        'news' => [
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:dashboard/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:widget_group.news',
        ],
        'documentation' => [
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:dashboard/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:widget_group.documentation',
        ],
    ];

The file has to return an array of groups.
Each group consists of an array key used as identifier and an single option :php:`title`.
The title will be processed through translation and can be an ``LLL`` reference.

Each extension can create arbitrary widget groups.

Widgets can be assigned to multiple groups using the :confval:`widget-tag-groupNames`.
Please read :ref:`register-new-widget` to understand how this is done.