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How to install ShiftPane, pair a phone, and make your own widgets. New here? Start with Install ShiftPane.

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ShiftPane in a minute: the phone as a second screen or a widget board, and making your own widgets.

Get started

Install ShiftPaneWhat you need, then build and run it. Windows needs one driver, once.Pair a phoneScan the code, accept the certificate once, and pick the right network.

Using ShiftPane

Display mode and split viewThe phone as a monitor, as a widget board, or both at once.The widget boardTables of widgets, and laying them out from the desktop window.DevicesPaired phones, reconnecting, and forgetting a phone.TroubleshootingA phone that won’t connect, a monitor that won’t appear, and the usual fixes.

Making widgets

Making widgetsThree ways in, one package out, and how a widget gets its data.QuickstartFrom npm create to a widget on your phone, with the SDK and the CLI.Widget StudioMake a widget in the desktop app without writing code, or from a sentence.Viewsview.json: the components, bindings, and sizes that draw a widget.System sourcesThe PC data the app reads and shares: CPU, GPU, media, and the rest.ActionsButtons on the phone that press media and volume keys on the PC.CollectorsCode that runs on the PC on a timer, in a sandbox, and returns JSON.Permissions and reviewWhat a widget may touch, what installing asks, and how review works.PublishingValidate, pack, and upload a widget, then what happens to it.

Reference

manifest.jsonEvery field of a widget’s manifest.Package formatThe files in a widget package, and the limits on them.How it worksThe desktop app, the native helper, the phone app, and what crosses between them.

Policies

Content policyWhat a listed widget may and may not do, and how takedowns work.PrivacyWhat ShiftPane and this site collect: video and widget data stay between your devices.