User Guide for Countdown Gadget

Introduction

The Countdown Gadget allows users to quickly know the time remaining to a particular deadline.

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It supports

5 different styles of clock
8 different colours for clock
Emoji supported title

Usage

Adding the gadget

Click on Edit 🖊 button on your dashboard view to add a new gadget
The Add a Gadget sidebar will pop up
Enter Countdown Gadget in the search box to filter the matching gadget
Click on the Add button to add the gadget.
Fill up the configurations as you like

Configuring User Preferences for the Countdown Gadget

Fill in the preferences for the gadget. The different configurations available are illustrated below.

Preference	Default Value	Description
Title		Displays the title for the clock For non-empty value, the end date and time will also appear
Date	Today’s date in UTC (e.g. 09/15/2023)	Countdown to the selected date You can input date in the format DD/MM/YYYY For empty value, the default value will be used
Time	10:00:00	Countdown to the selected time The supported format is HH:mm:ss For empty value, the default value will be used
Timezone	Viewer Timezone	Timezone of user Viewer Timezone - Guessed timezone of user List of other Timezones for user to select from
Format	days:hours:mins:secs	Format in which the gadget will display days:hours:mins:secs days:hours:mins days hours:mins:secs hours:mins; hours
Size	Medium	Displays the gadget in the preferred size Small Medium Large
Style	Rectangle	Different available styles for the countdown timer Digital Rectangle Flip down Circular Roll up
Color	Black	Different available colors for the countdown timer Black Red Orange Green Teal Blue Purple Gray
Label	Show	Displays the unit of the time Show Hide
Position	Center	Sets the position of the clock Left Center Right
Border	Hide	Displays border for the clock Show Hide

Countdown Styles

Digital
Rectangle
Flip down
Circular
Roll up

Countdown Colors

There are 8 vibrant colours for you to choose for your gadgets

Some Use Cases

Beside project milestones, it can also be used for

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