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The Magento_Widget module allows Magento application to be extended with custom widget blocks.

Installation details

Before installing this module, note that the Magento_Widget is dependent on the following modules:

• Magento_Catalog
• Magento_Cms
• Magento_Store

Before disabling or uninstalling this module, note the following dependencies:

• Magento_CatalogWidget
• Magento_CurrencySymbol
• Magento_Newsletter

Refer to how to enable or disable modules in Magento 2.

Extensibility

Extension developers can interact with the Magento_Widget module. For more information about the Magento extension mechanism, see Magento plug-ins.

The Magento dependency injection mechanism enables you to override the functionality of the Magento_Widget module.

Layouts

This module introduces the following layouts and layout handles in the directories:

• view/adminhtml/layout:
  • adminhtml_widget_index
  • adminhtml_widget_instance_block
  • adminhtml_widget_instance_edit
  • adminhtml_widget_instance_index
  • adminhtml_widget_loadoptions
• view/frantend/layout:
  • default
  • print

For more information about a layout, see the Layout documentation.