WidgetCanvas is an application to bring desktop widgets to Harmattan. It does not add or edit any system homescreen, so it must be kept running and will be shown in multitasking view.

It has 5 desktops which can be customized at will with any of the available widget. To change desktop, simply swipe it away left or right: since it uses a ListView, it's not possible to move from desktop 1 to desktop 5 and viceversa, but there is a scroll bar in the toolbar to instantly to the desidered desktop.

Wallpaper is a 1200*818 picture. There is a parallax effect to move it according to current desktop.

It is possible to show the application whenever the screen is unlocked. In case of a call and triggered proximity sensor, there is a failsafe control not to overlap call screen.

Widgets know if the application is the foreground one and if the current desktop is the one they're in, so they behave accordly without wasting cpu.


Current Available Widgets:

• Analogic Clock: a simple analogic clock. Has option to choose color, show seconds and moving animation.
• Application Shortcut: shortcut for applications. It has an alpha black background.
• Backlight Control: widget to pick backlight level (5 values).
• Borderless Application Shortcut: application shortcut which does not show any background
• Digital Clock: a digital clock.
• Fast Note: a quick space to put notes in.
• Flick Random Image: a random flickr image. Click on widget to refresh it.
• Internet Radio: your favourite internet radio available with a tap.
• Uptime Label: shows the current uptime of device.
• Web Bookmark: a web bookmark which updates its miniature directly from the web page.

Download version 0.0.2 here.