Widgets
One page for every widget in the Add widget menu, grouped the way the menu groups them.
Widget basics
Add a widget, use the controls every widget shares, and the AI each widget offers.
- Add a widget to a deskAdd widgets to a desk from the Add widget menu, the tool rail, a right-click, the command palette or a single key, and find every widget by what it does.
- Add widgets with a single keyPress one letter on a desk to add a Sticky, Note, Table or ten other widgets without opening a menu, and change the letters to suit you.
- The controls on every widgetEvery widget's title bar lets you move, rename, link, pin, resize, expand or remove it, and right-clicking it opens the widget's full menu.
- Use a widget's AI buttonThe sparkle on a widget's title bar opens that widget's own AI, which drafts to-dos, notes, branches, a page or a web address for you to approve.
- AI Assist: rewrite, summarise and translate textSelect text in a widget, right-click and choose AI Assist to expand, summarise, rewrite, retone or translate it. You see the result before anything changes.
- Link desks, widgets and people with @Type @ in a sticky, note, card or task note to link a desk, room, widget, document, table or person, then click the link to go there.
- Widget sizes, limits and what some widgets needWhich widgets need a key, a sign-in or a connected account, which plans they are on, the size each one opens at, and the limits worth knowing.
Write and capture
Sticky, Note, Markdown, Page, Voice note, Card and Living Doc.
- Write and capture widgetsThe seven widgets for words on a desk, from a quick sticky to a living summary: what each is for, how to add one and what they all share.
- Sticky widgetA small coloured note for a quick thought or a checklist you tick off, with bold text, bullets, @ links and AI that drafts to-dos for the desk.
- Note widgetLarger paper for longer plain writing on a desk, such as meeting notes or a draft, with bold text, pasted tables, @ links and AI-drafted notes.
- Markdown widgetA formatted note with a toolbar and a / menu that you can copy out as markdown or export as an HTML file or a PDF, with AI-drafted points.
- Page widgetA structured document on your desk with headings, lists, to-dos and tables, where AI draft writes sections you review before they go in.
- Voice note widgetRecord a voice or video note on a desk. PlexiDesk transcribes it, offers a summary, a cleaned-up or speaker-labelled version, and suggests next steps.
- Card widgetA titled callout for a desk, with an optional emoji, an accent colour or tinted fill, and a body that shows bold, italic, links, bullets and @ mentions.
- Living Doc widgetA document that writes itself. Give it a brief, and it keeps an AI-written summary of the other widgets on its desk, refreshing as they change.
- Keep a living summary of a deskTwo ways to get an AI summary of a desk that keeps itself up to date, a Living Doc or a living Page, and how they refresh, pause and stop.
Plan and track
Tasks, Calendar, Attention and Timer.
- Plan and track widgetsTasks, Calendar, Attention and Timer keep a desk's to-dos, dates, commitments and countdowns in view. What each one is for and how to add it.
- Tasks widgetKeep a desk's to-do list on the desk itself. Add tasks, tick them off, group them by queue or by when, and widen the list to your whole workspace.
- Plan a task in the Tasks widgetGive a task a queue, status, assignee, start and due dates, a task to wait for, notes, attachments and subtasks, or plan them all at once in Table view.
- Calendar widgetA month on your desk, marked with this desk's due dates, booked time and events from calendars you subscribe to. Filter it and edit a day in place.
- Attention widgetPut your Attention queue on a desk. See what needs you for this desk or everywhere, by section, and close, snooze or open items without leaving.
- Timer widgetA countdown on your desk. Set the minutes and seconds, start, pause or reset it, and hear beeps in the last minute and an alarm at zero.
Numbers and data
Metrics, Stat card, Table, Chart, Spreadsheet and Calc.
- Numbers and data widgetsTables, spreadsheets, charts, headline numbers and a calculator for your desk, and how they work together to turn a desk into a dashboard.
- Metrics widgetShow a few numbers from your tables side by side, each with the rows it counted and, once you add a trend, how much it has changed.
- Stat card widgetWatch one number from a table, with its percentage change, a sparkline of its readings and the count of rows it was measured from.
- Connect a number to a tableUse the Data source editor to pick a table, choose what to measure, filter the rows, add a trend by date and format the number, with a live preview.
- Table widgetKeep records on your desk in rows and typed columns, see them six ways, filter and group them, fill them with AI, and feed charts and numbers.
- Six views of every tableShow the same table as a grid, a list, cards, Kanban lanes, a month calendar or a Gantt timeline, and switch whenever you like without changing your data.
- Table columns and field typesAdd, rename, retype, reorder, resize and delete table columns, and choose field types such as Number, Date, Single select and Related records.
- Filter and group table rowsShow only the rows you need with filter rules on any column, and gather rows under collapsible headings by the value of a column.
- Build a table with AIDescribe what a table should hold, approve the columns AI proposes, then review the drafted rows before any are added to your table.
- Import CSV, JSON or Excel into a tableBring rows from a .csv, .json, .xls or .xlsx file into a table, map each file column, and update matching rows or add everything as new.
- Move around a table and copy cellsMove between table cells from the keyboard, select a block, copy or paste cells to and from a spreadsheet, and reorder, duplicate or delete rows.
- Chart widgetDraw a bar, line, area or pie chart, or one big KPI number, from the rows of a Table. The chart redraws by itself as the table changes.
- Spreadsheet widgetPut a PlexiiSheets spreadsheet on a desk. Start blank, import an Excel or CSV file, or place one you already have. It is the same file you open in Office.
- Calc widgetA small calculator on your desk. Click the keys to add, subtract, multiply and divide. The answer shows as you go, and the sum stays with the widget.
- Build a dashboard on a desk from a tableTurn one Table into a live dashboard. Add Charts, Metrics and a Stat card that read its rows, then arrange them so the numbers you watch stay in view.
Files and documents
Gallery, File or link, Drive (folder), Document and Slides.
- Files and documents widgetsPut pictures, files, links, folders, documents and slide decks on a desk, and pick the right widget for each job.
- Gallery widgetKeep a set of pictures together on a desk. Drop them in, see them as a grid, and click any picture to view it large.
- File or link widgetKeep one file or one web link on a desk, with a preview that suits it: a picture, a PDF you can page through, a player, or a link card.
- Drive (folder) widgetPin a folder from Files to a desk. See what is in it, open its subfolders, and save files you add from the desk straight into it.
- Document widgetWrite a PlexiiDocs document right on a desk. Create one, import a Word file or place one you have, and edit it with the full editor.
- Slides widgetPut a PlexiiSlides deck on a desk. Start blank, import a PowerPoint .pptx or place a deck you have, then edit it, use AI and export it.
Draw and diagram
Image, Flowchart, Design, Artwork, Color, Mind map, Diagram, Scratchpad and Shape.
- Draw & diagram widgetsNine widgets for pictures on a desk: generated images, flowcharts, page layouts, artwork, colours, mind maps, diagrams, sketches and shapes.
- Image widget Coming soon
- Flowchart widget Coming soon
- Design widget Coming soon
- Artwork widget Coming soon
- Color widgetKeep a colour swatch on a desk. Pick or type a hex value, read its RGB, copy the hex and sample a colour from anywhere on your screen.
- Mind map widgetGrow an idea into a tree of branches on a desk. Add branches yourself or let AI propose them, then turn any branch into a task or a canvas of its own.
- Diagram widgetDraw boxes, circles, text and pictures on a desk and join them with arrows, for quick flowcharts, hierarchies, system sketches and Venn diagrams.
- Scratchpad widgetSketch freehand on a desk with a pen, an eraser, seven colours and three line widths. Click the scratchpad once, then draw.
- Shape widgetPut one shape on a desk, from a rectangle or star to a line or arrow, with its own fill, outline and label. It stretches as you resize it.
People and messages
Contacts, Inbox and Chat, and the emails you keep on a desk.
- People & messages widgetsKeep the people, mail and conversations behind a piece of work on its desk with the Contacts, Inbox, Chat and Email widgets.
- Contacts widgetKeep the people a desk is about in one list, colleagues and guests alike, with suggestions drawn from your own mail, tasks, calendars and organisation.
- Inbox widgetShow the mail about one desk on that desk, picked by a rule you can see and change, then read and reply without leaving the desk.
- Chat widgetPin one chat conversation to a desk to read the latest messages and reply without leaving the desk you are working on.
- Email widget: keep an email on a deskSend an email, or its whole thread, from Mail to a desk, where it stays to be read like a document even after you archive it.
- Keep a client's people, mail and chat on their deskSet up a client desk with the people involved, only their mail, the key email kept for good, the desk's own chat and a live view your client can watch.
Web and apps
Map, App launcher, SpeedDeck and Browser.
- Web & apps widgetsMap, App launcher, SpeedDeck and Browser bring places, apps on your computer, one-click buttons and websites onto a desk.
- Map widgetPut a real address or place on a desk, on an OpenStreetMap map you can search, drag and zoom, then open in OpenStreetMap.
- App launcher widgetPut a one-click tile on a desk that opens an app on your computer, or brings it to the front when it is already running.
- SpeedDeck widgetA panel of 30 buttons on a desk that open apps and websites, press shortcuts, type text and run macros, with folders for more.
- Organise, share and back up a SpeedDeckRearrange SpeedDeck buttons, move them into and out of folders, copy them between decks, and export, import or reset a whole deck.
- SpeedDeck actions and multi-step macrosEvery action a SpeedDeck button can run, from opening apps and pages to keystrokes, typing, media and volume, plus multi-step macros and the conflict check.
- Build SpeedDeck buttons with AIDescribe a button or folder and SpeedDeck AI proposes it, or let it suggest macros from the apps you switch between. Nothing is added until you choose.
- Browser widgetA real web browser on your desk that remembers its page, with window-size presets, full screen, Pin to Apps, a page right-click menu and AI that finds the site.
- Keep a site signed in on your desksPin a site you use every day to Connected Apps so every Browser widget for it shares one sign-in, then drag it onto any desk ready to use.
Build and automate
Custom, Field, Custom block, Desk agent, Send to a URL and Receive from a URL.
- Build & automate widgetsCustom, Field, Custom block, Desk agent, Send to a URL and Receive from a URL: what each one does, which to choose, and how they work together.
- Custom widget: build your own toolDescribe a small tool in your own words, or answer a few questions, and Plexii builds it on your desk. Change it, save it and reuse it on any desk.
- Field widgetPut one typed value on a desk: text, a number, a date, a checkbox, a choice from a list, files, linked records, an office file or an AI button.
- Custom block widget: design a formLay out your own form from typed fields, fill it in like a record, and save the layout as a template to reuse in any Custom block.
- Desk agent widgetPut a standing AI worker on a desk: wire widgets into it, give it a role and an instruction, and run it by hand, when its inputs change or on a timer.
- Send to a URL widget Coming soon
- Receive from a URL widget Coming soon
- Keep a running summary with a desk agent Coming soon
- Send desk updates to other services and receive events back Coming soon
Desk layout
Section and Portal, for grouping widgets and watching other desks.
- Desk layout widgets Coming soon
- Section widget Coming soon
- Portal widget Coming soon
- Watch several desks from one control-room desk Coming soon
- Task link widget Coming soon