# Web & apps widgets > Map, App launcher, SpeedDeck and Browser bring places, apps on your computer, one-click buttons and websites onto a desk. Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/widgets-web-and-apps Section: Widgets > Web and apps Plans: All plans Updated: 2026-10-10 The Web & apps widgets connect a desk to things outside it: a place on a map, an app on your computer, a panel of buttons that open apps and websites or press keys for you, and a live website. Each one sits on the desk beside the work it belongs to, so you are not hunting for it when you need it. ## The four widgets They appear in this order in the **Add widget** menu. ### Map A real map of a real address or place. Search for it and the map puts a pin on it. Drag to look around, zoom in and out, and open the spot in OpenStreetMap in your web browser. Use it for a venue, a client's office, a property or a site visit. See [Map widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-map). ### App launcher A tile that opens an app on your computer with one click, or brings it to the front when it is already open. You make one by dragging an app from **Connected Apps** in the side menu onto the desk. See [App launcher widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-app-launcher). ### SpeedDeck A panel of 30 buttons, ten across and three down. A button can open an app or a website, press a keyboard shortcut, type text, control music and volume, or run several steps in a row. Folders hold further pages of 30 buttons. See [SpeedDeck widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-intro). ### Browser A website on your desk. Type an address, click **Load**, and work in the site without leaving the desk. See [Browser widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-browser). ## Add one to a desk 1. Open the desk. 2. Click **Add widget** in the middle of the header. 3. Choose **Map**, **App launcher**, **SpeedDeck** or **Browser**. The **Add widget** menu groups widgets into columns by what you want to do, and these four sit together in the **Web & apps** column. To find one quickly, type part of its name in the search box at the top of the menu, then press `Enter` to add the first match. There are quicker ways too: - **Press `B` for a Browser.** With a desk open and nothing being typed, `B` adds a Browser straight away, unless you have changed the key. Browser is the only widget in this group with a key of its own. See [Add widgets with a single key](https://plexiidesk.com/help/quick-add-keys). - **Use the command palette.** Press `⌘` `K` on a Mac (`Ctrl` `K` on Windows), type the widget's name, and choose **Add Map**, **Add App launcher**, **Add SpeedDeck** or **Add Browser**. See [Search and commands](https://plexiidesk.com/help/command-palette). - **Drag a connected app onto the desk.** An app on your computer becomes an App launcher tile, and a web app becomes a Browser widget showing that app. See Connected apps and browser extensions, below. > **Note:** > Make App launcher tiles by dragging an app from **Connected Apps**. A tile added from the **Add widget** menu is not linked to any app. ## Before you start - **Plans.** All four widgets are on every plan. - **An internet connection** for Map and Browser. The map and its place search come from OpenStreetMap, and a Browser loads the site you open. - **Mac or Windows.** SpeedDeck buttons that open apps and websites work on both. Buttons that press keyboard shortcuts, type text, control media or set the volume work on a Mac only. On a Mac, the first three need Accessibility permission, and PlexiDesk asks for it the first time one is pressed. See [Allow keyboard control on a Mac](https://plexiidesk.com/help/accessibility-permission). - **App launcher on Windows.** A tile opens the program you chose. The app's own icon and the green running dot show on a Mac only. ## Connected apps and browser extensions Connected apps are websites and apps on your computer that you keep at hand in PlexiDesk. While a desk is open, they are listed under **Connected Apps** in the side menu, ready to drag onto the desk: - **An app on your computer** becomes an App launcher tile. See [App launcher widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-app-launcher). - **A web app** becomes a Browser widget showing that app. See [Browser widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-browser). To add one, open a desk and click the **+** beside the **Connected Apps** heading. See [Add and use connected apps](https://plexiidesk.com/help). You can also add, pin and remove connected apps with no desk open. Click the gear at the right of the header to open **Settings**, then choose the **Advanced** tab. The same tab has **Browser extensions**, where you add extensions that run in PlexiDesk's browser, including the Browser widget. See [Add Chrome extensions to Plexii's browser](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ## AI in these widgets SpeedDeck has an **AI** button of its own in the deck's top row. Describe the button you want and it builds one, or it suggests buttons from the apps you use. See [Build SpeedDeck buttons with AI](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-ai). These widgets also have an AI button in their title bar: the sparkle at the start of the buttons on the right. - **On a Browser**, it works out which site you mean from a description. Rest the pointer on it to see **Find with AI**, or **Change with AI** once the Browser shows a page. - **On a Map**, it opens the Plexii panel with the map attached, so you can ask Plexii about the place. - **On an App launcher or a SpeedDeck**, it opens the Plexii panel, where you can ask Plexii a question. See [Use a widget's AI button](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-ai). ## Which one to use - **To keep a place in view**, use a Map. - **To open the apps a piece of work needs**, put an App launcher for each one on its desk. - **To have many shortcuts in one place**, or to do several steps with one click, use a SpeedDeck. Set it to Universal and the same buttons appear in every SpeedDeck set to Universal on your computer. - **To work in a website**, use a Browser. If you use the site often, add it as a connected app and drag it onto each desk that needs it. ## Everything in this section - [Map widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-map) - [App launcher widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-app-launcher) - [SpeedDeck widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-intro) - [Organise, share and back up a SpeedDeck](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-organise) - [SpeedDeck actions and multi-step macros](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-macros) - [Build SpeedDeck buttons with AI](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-ai) - [Browser widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-browser) - [Keep a site signed in on your desks](https://plexiidesk.com/help/browser-stay-signed-in) - [Add and use connected apps](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [Add Chrome extensions to Plexii's browser](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [Allow keyboard control on a Mac](https://plexiidesk.com/help/accessibility-permission) ## Common questions **I cannot see Connected Apps in the side menu.** They are listed there while a desk is open, because they are there to be dragged onto it. Open a desk first. **I added App launcher from the Add widget menu and the tile says Linked app was removed.** A tile made that way has no app linked to it. Remove it, then drag the app from **Connected Apps** onto the desk instead. See [App launcher widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-app-launcher). **Do SpeedDeck buttons work on Windows?** Buttons that open an app or a website do. Keyboard shortcut, Type text, Media control and Set volume buttons work on a Mac only. See [SpeedDeck actions and multi-step macros](https://plexiidesk.com/help/speeddeck-macros). ## Related tasks - [Add a widget to a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/add-a-widget) - [Add widgets with a single key](https://plexiidesk.com/help/quick-add-keys) - [The controls on every widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-title-bar) - [The side menu](https://plexiidesk.com/help/side-menu)