Legacy Widgets and Layouts

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The following table lists the legacy widgets and their replacements. Some widgets are replaced by a combination of a widget and function.

The Collection widget, which is a replacement for the Repeater widget, is a standard widget that is not a web component. All other replacement widgets are web components.

The following widgets are added to the legacy category in ThingWorx 9.4:

Legacy Widget	Replacement
Label Chart	Combo Chart
Pie Chart Widget	Pie Chart Widget (Themable)
Data Export widget	Data Export function

The following widgets are added to the legacy category in ThingWorx 9.3.4:

Legacy Widget

Replacement

Tree Grid (Advanced)

Grid Widget (Themable)

File Upload

File Upload (Themable)

The legacy widget height is preserved when migrating using the Legacy Styles Theme.

The following widgets are added to the legacy category in ThingWorx 9.3:

Legacy Widget

Replacement

Grid (Advanced)

Grid Widget

Blog

None

Widgets without replacements are moved back into the standard category in ThingWorx 9.3.7 or later. In future releases of ThingWorx, only widgets with a standard replacement will be moved to the Legacy category.

Wiki

None

Tag

None

Preferences

None

The following widgets are added to the legacy category in ThingWorx 9.1:

Legacy Widget

Replacement

Auto Refresh Widget

Auto Refresh function, a Button, and a Toggle Button Widget (Themable).

Data Filter

Migration is not supported.

Chip Based Data Filter Widget (Themable)

The following table lists legacy widgets in ThingWorx 9.0:

Legacy Widget

Replacement

Button

Button icons that are defined within the DefaultButtonStyle style definition are migrated. Icons that are set in style definitions of other states are not migrated. When migrating a legacy Button widget in earlier versions of ThingWorx, you must manually specify the icon for the standard Button using its properties.

Button

Button widget with the ConfirmationRequired property enabled.

Button and a Confirmation function

Migration is not supported.

List radio button view

List

List dropdown view and combo box view

Dropdown

Logout Button widget

Button and a Logout function

Masked Textbox widget

Text Field with the Password property enabled.

Navigation widget

Button and a Navigation function

Property Display

Migration is not supported.

Property Display

Repeater

The Repeater widget does is migrated to a Collection widget.

Collection

Grid

The Grid widget does not migrate to Advanced Grids.

Status Message widget

Status Message function

Tabs-Responsive and Tabs

Legacy widgets that are embedded within tabs are also migrated.

Icons that are defined in the style definition properties are not migrated. To show an icon, you must add an Icon widget next to the Value Display widget.

Value Display

XY Chart

Line Chart

Time Series Chart

Line Chart with the ChartType property set to Run Chart.

Label Line Chart

Line Chart

Label Bar Chart

Bar Chart

The Bar Chart does not support a DateTime data format, which is supported by the legacy widget. When you migrate from a legacy Label bar chart, dates are converted to numeric values. To display a date format, you must change the ChartType property of the legacy Label Chart to Line before migrating. Alternatively, replace the Bar Chart with a Line Chart manually after the migration.