The RSS Text widget
An outside feed's headlines on the text bar — one item at a time, or one scrolling line. The feed URL, the two display modes, and the marquee controls.
Headlines from a feed somebody else publishes — news, a status page, a blog — running along the text bar. Point it at any RSS feed’s address and the screen keeps itself current; the text bar is the one place this widget goes.
Can go on: Text bar
Settings
| Setting | What it does | When to change it |
|---|---|---|
| Feed URL | The address of the RSS feed to read | This is the widget — without it the bar is empty |
| Display | Full content shows one item at a time; Rolling text joins the items into one scrolling marquee line | Full content for few, long items; rolling text for many short headlines |
| Rolling speed | With Rolling text: how fast the line travels | Slower for a bar read from across the room |
| Rolling direction | With Rolling text: Right to left or Left to right — a bar on a side edge offers Bottom to top and Top to bottom instead | Match the reading direction of the display language |
What this does not control
- What the headlines say. The feed’s publisher writes them; the widget only repeats the feed.
- Your own words. A message of your own on a screen is an announcement — post it in Broadcast and use the Announcements widget.
- Its size and colour. The design’s font size, appearance and widget background apply here like everywhere else — see Widgets and the places they go.