Personalizing Google Gadgets

I’ve been getting a lot of comments about how to personalize the gadgets on Google. Once the gadget has been added to your page, click the down arrow in the upper right corner of the gadget. You will then be able to click on edit “settings”.

This will show a form with the settings of the gadget. Once you are done making your selections, press the save button at the bottom of the form.

13 Responses to “Personalizing Google Gadgets”

  1. Gwilym says:

    The options box that appears is not large enough to show all the options, and I can’t resize it. The same happens for Spider

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  2. abowman says:

    Is that on Google Desktop? If so, try tabbing to the next field.

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  3. abc def says:

    why some of the flash here is so similar to what i saw long time before >__>

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  4. Ryan says:

    The clover is now an ab, whitch becomes abowman.
    PS: If you put website in there does it publish it?

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  5. abowman says:

    Ryan,

    If you are talking about the website textbox in the comments, yes.

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  6. Ryan says:

    Thanks abowman. And when do we get to see the penguins?

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  7. Magna says:

    i cant find these settings;s arent they there if you have the fishes on myspace?

    :)

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  8. birdy says:

    how do u make custom colors?

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  9. Luci says:

    the options box on google desktop doesn’t allow you to see everything and i cant resize it? How can i make my other selections.

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  10. abowman says:

    Hi Luci,

    Use the tab key to get to the other options.

    There is a bug right now in Google Desktop which is causing that problem.

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  11. abowman says:

    Hi Birdy,

    You need to get the html code of a color you like from a color chart or a tool like the color chooser gadget and paste it into one of the custom color text boxes in the options. Then choose the custom color you entered from one of the drop downs.

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  12. HW says:

    I have the fish and frog gadgets on my google desktop with windows vista, and I can pull up the options window, to change the colors and stuff, but the bottom selections are cut off! i can only change 3 of the fish colors, and i think there are some size settings on the frog that I cant see…Help?

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  13. HW says:

    nevermind, i saw the thing about pressing tab :P

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