Your IDX Broker account includes a variety of widgets that can be added to your website for displaying IDX content. A widget is a snippet of code that is generated from inside your IDX Control Panel. Once copied and pasted onto your web pages the widget code will show the desired IDX content like a search or a display of listings. Your widget will be displayed exactly where you place the code making it easy to customize your site with IDX content.
Widgets are located in your IDX account by clicking Design, Widgets and New or Legacy.
Create Widgets
See the articles linked here for information about creating the different kinds of widgets:
- Create a Slideshow Widget (Legacy)
- Create a Showcase Widget (Legacy)
- Create a Quick Search Widget (Legacy)
- Create a Map Search Widget - (Legacy)
- Create a Lead Login Widget (Legacy)
- Create a Lead Signup Widget - (Legacy) (Engage Only)
- Create a Featured Agent Widget (Legacy)
- Create a Carousel Widget (Legacy)
- Create a Market Report Widget (New) (Engage Only)
- Create a Virtual Showings Widget (New)
Manage Legacy Widgets
Any legacy widgets that you create are saved in your IDX Control Panel in the Widgets and Legacy area. From here you can edit, preview, duplicate, or remove existing widgets.

- Use the Edit icon to change details about a widget, like the search criteria or to make style changes (using CSS).
- Use the Preview icon to open a widget in a new browser tab or window to preview the widget before it's added to your website.
- Use the View Code icon to access the widget code you will need to copy and paste onto your website.
- Use the Duplicate icon to make a copy of a widget.
- Use the Trash icon to delete a single widget from the list.
If you need to delete multiple items at once, click the check boxes to the left of each widget's name, and then click the Delete link at the bottom of the screen.

To rename a widget, either double-click the widget's name or click the Edit icon that appears to the right of the name when you hover your mouse over it. Type a new name for you widget in the text box that appears and then press Enter to save it.
Searching and Filtering
You can Search for any widget by name using the search box on the top-right of the list of widgets.
If you have a large number of saved widgets, you can use Filter feature. Click the link at the top of the screen, and a drop-down menu will appear. Select the type of widget for which you are searching and click Apply. Your list will now display only widgets of the type you selected.

Manage New Widgets
IDX Broker is developing new widgets with powerful customization options. You can view and manage the new widgets by going to Design, Widgets, and New. Click the drop down arrow under Tools to mange your widgets in this area.
- Click Edit to change details about a widget, like the search criteria or to make style changes (using CSS).
- Click Preview to open a widget in a new browser tab or window to preview the widget before it's added to your website.
- Click Copy Code to access the widget code you will need to copy and paste onto your website.
- Click Clone to make a copy of a widget.
- Click Delete to delete a single widget from the list.
Considerations
What if my widget content doesn't show up?
- Double check that there are results for the criteria that you've chosen. If there are no results, the widget will not show up.